Gottfried von Strassburg: Tristan - The Prologue or In Search of Gottfried's werlt of the edele herze

Essay from the year 1999 in the subject German Studies - Older German Literature, Medieval Studies, grade: very good, University of Nottingham (German Department), language: English, abstract: Despite two centuries of intensive literary research on Gottfried′s `Tristan′, the poem has remained one of the most discussed and controversial works of medieval literature. The poem has seen many researche...