Festival and Fiction in Heinrich Wittenwiler's 'Ring'
A Study of the Narrative in Its Relation to the Traditional Topoi of Marriage, Folly and Play
Amsterdam; John Benjamins Publishing Company 1977
Table of Contents
I. POLEMICS
A. Author, Work, and Criticism
B. The Fictional Premise
II. WITTENWILER'S NARRATIVE IN ITS OWN CONTEXT
III.THREE TRADITIONAL TOUCHSTONES
A. The Marriage Motif
1. Extant Criticism
2. The Traditional Scope
3. Marriage and the Ring
B. The Theme and Presentation of Folly
1. Extant Criticism
2. The Traditional Scope
3. Folly and the Ring
C. The Play Phenomenon
1. Extant Criticism:
2. The Traditional Scope:
3. Play and the Ring
IV. THE WORK IN ITS FESTIVE SETTING
A. Festivity and Social Fantasy
B. The Ring Revisited
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