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The Germanic Hero - Politics and Pragmatism in Early Medieval Poetry (Hardcover)
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The Germanic Hero - Politics and Pragmatism in Early Medieval Poetry (Hardcover)
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In this study, the author looks at the role the warrior-hero plays
within a set of predetermined political and social constraints. The
hero if not a sword-wielding barbarian, bent only upon establishing
his own fame; such fame-seekers (including some famous medieval
literary figures) might even fall outside the definition of the
Germanic hero, the real value of whose deeds are given meaning only
within the political construct. Individual prowess is not enough.
The hero must conquer the blows of fate because he is committed to
the conquest of chaos, and over all to the need for social
stability. Even the warrior-hero's concern with his reputation is
usually expressed negatively: that the wrong songs are not sung
about him. The author discusses works in Old English, Old and
Middle High German, Old Norse, Latin and Old French, deliberately
going beyond what is normally thought of as "heroic poetry" to
include the German so-called "minstrel epic" and a work by a writer
who is normally classified as a late medieval chivalric poet,
Konrad von Wurzburg, the comparison of which with "Beowulf" allows
us to span half a millennium.
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