Wolfram von Eschenbach

Marion E. Gibbs

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

Born c. 1170
Died c. 1220
Activity c. 1200-c. 1220

Places

Born in Germany
Active in Germany

Genres and Modes

Romance

Activities

Primary

Poet

Resources

Eschenbach's Works

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Wolfram von Eschenbach belongs to the small group of German narrative poets composing at the beginning of the thirteenth century. With his close contemporaries Hartmann von Aue, Gottfried von Strassburg, and the anonymous author of the

Nibelungenlied

, he brought medieval German literature to a remarkable brief flowering usually designated as “die mittelhochdeutsche Blütezeit” (literally “the Middle High German time of blossom”). Although they share more or less the same time-span for their creativity, the quartet are remarkably varied, and Wolfram's own œuvre is distinguished by its variety, originality and his mastery of language and thought. Side by side with his three very different narrative works –

Parzival, Willehalm

and

Titurel

– Wolfram produced a small corpus of…

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Citation: Gibbs, Marion E.. "Wolfram von Eschenbach". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 07 January 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4784, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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