Frauenlob’s Song of Songs: A Medieval Poet and His Masterpiece. By Barbara Newman
Whose Songof Songs? Anybody not living in Mainz (Germany) where his name is ubiquitous in the geography of the city and occasionally invoked in sixth-form German classes, is perhaps unlikely to have heard of Heinrich von Meißen (c. 1260–1318), better known by his stage name vrouwenlob (praise of lad...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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Literature and theology
Year: 2009, Volume: 23, Issue: 4, Pages: 479-481 |
| Review of: | Frauenlob's Song of songs (University Park, Pa : The Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 2006) (Pfeiffer, Kerstin)
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| Summary: | Whose Songof Songs? Anybody not living in Mainz (Germany) where his name is ubiquitous in the geography of the city and occasionally invoked in sixth-form German classes, is perhaps unlikely to have heard of Heinrich von Meißen (c. 1260–1318), better known by his stage name vrouwenlob (praise of ladies). In the English-speaking world, the poet Frauenlob, who was accorded the honour of being buried in Mainz Cathedral, is virtually unknown outside the ever-shrinking circle of medieval German specialists. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frp052 |