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Mueller, Rolf R.

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
John Benjamins Publishing Company; Amsterdam 1977
Language
  • english
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Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • 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
  • REFERENCES