Hartmann von Aue/Bibliography

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General

Handbooks on medieval German literature

• Joachim Bumke. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur im hohen Mittelalter. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur 2. (München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1990) ISBN 3423045523
• Gustav Ehrismann. Geschichte der deutschen Literatur bis zum Ausgang des Mittelalters. Zweiter Teil: Die mittelhochdeutsche Literatur, II. Blütezeit. Erste Hälfte. (München: C.H. Beck, 1927). Reprinted 1965. Still an inexpendable reference work. In German.
• Marion E. Gibbs and Sidney M. Johnson. Medieval German Literature. A Companion. (New York/London: Garland Publishing, 1997) ISBN 0815314507 Very useful English-language introduction.
• Kurt Ruh, Burghart Wachinger et al. eds. Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters. Verfasserlexikon. Begründet von Wolfgang Stammler, fortgeführt von Karl Langosch. 2^nd edition. 10 vols. (Berlin/New York: De Gruyter, 1978-2008). ISBN 311006927X An encyclopedia of medieval German literature. Although the earlier volumes are now getting a little outdated, it is still the first stop for basic information, including bibliographical references. In German. A useful selection of the most important authors and works was published in 2001 as Deutschprachige Literatur des Mittelalters. Studienauswahl aus dem Verfasserlexikon. (Berlin/New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2001). ISBN 3110169118

Introductions to the author and his work

• Susan Clark. Hartmann von Aue. Landscapes of the Mind. (Houston: Rice University Press, 1989)
• Will Hasty. Adventures in Interpretation. The Works of Hartmann von Aue and Their Critical Reception. (Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1995)
• W.H. Jackson. Chivalry in Twelfth-Century Germany. The Works of Hartmann von Aue. (Cambridge: D.H. Brewer, 1994)
• Hugo Kuhn and Christoph Cormeau eds. Hartmann von Aue. (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1973). Collection of essays.
• Peter Wapnewski. Hartmann von Aue. Sammlung Metzler 38. Seventh edition. (Stuttgart: Metzler, 1979). Excellent introduction to the author for the novice (in German)

Web resource

• Roy Boggs and Kurt Gärtner. Hartmann von Aue Internet Portal (in English)

Editions (collected works)

• Hartmann von Aue. Arthurian romances, tales, and lyric poetry: the complete works of Hartmann von Aue. Frank J. Tobin, Kim Vivian, Richard H. Lawson eds. and trsl. (State College: Penn State Press, 2001) ISBN 9780271021126
• Hartmann von Aue. Gregorious. Der arme Heinrich. Iwein. Volker Mertens ed. Bibliothek des Mittelalters 6/Bibliothek deutscher Klassiker 189 (Frankfurt am Main: Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 2004) ISBN 3618660650

Erec

Editions

(see also Collected Works)

• Hartmann von Aue. Erec. Albert Leitzmann ed. 6^th edition by Christoph Cormeau and Kurt Gärtner. Altdeutsche Textbibliothek 39. (Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1985). The standard edition.
• Hartmann von Aue. Erec. Manfred Günter Scholz and Susanne Held eds. Bibliothek des Mittelalters 5/Bibliothek deutscher Klassiker 188. (Frankfurt am Main: Deutscher Klassiker Verlag, 2004). ISBN 3618660502
• Hartmann von Aue. Erec. J.W. Thomas trsl. (Lincoln: U of Nebraska Press, 1982). ISBN 9780803244085. Translation into English

Scholarship

• Lambertus Okken. Kommentar zur Artusepik Hartmanns von Aue. Amsterdamer Publikationen zur Sprache und Literatur 103. (Amsterdam/Atlanta, GA: Rodopi, 1993). Detailed commentary on the text. In German.

Iwein

Editions

(see also Collected Works)

• Hartmann von Aue. Iwein. J. Wesley Thomas ed. and trsl. (Lincoln: U of Nebraska Press, 1979) Good English prose translation, with introduction.
• Hartmann von Aue. Hartmann von Aue. Iwein. Urtext und Übersetzung. Thomas Cramer ed. and trsl. 7^th edition. (Berlin/New York: De Gruyter, 1981)
• Hartmann von Aue. Iwein or the Knight with the Lion. Edited from Manuscript B, Gießen, Universitätsbiliothek Codex nr. 97. Cyril Edwards ed. and trsl. vol. 3 of German Romance. Arthurian Archives 9. (Rochester, NY: D.S. Brewer, 2003) ISBN 0859917932

Scholarship

• Ojars Kratins. The Dream of Chivalry: A Study of Chrétien de Troyes's Yvain and Hartmann von Aue's Iwein. (Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1982) ISBN 0819125202

Gregorius

Editions

• Hartmann von Aue. Gregorius. Hermann Paul ed. 13^th edition by Burghart Wachinger. Altdeutsche Textbibliothek 2. (Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1984). The standard edition.
• Hartmann von Aue. Gregorius: A Medieval Oedipus Legend. Edwin H. Zeydel trsl. UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures 14. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1955; repr. New York: AMS Press, 1966). Engish translation and notes.

Scholarship

• Hugo Kuhn and Christoph Cormeau eds (1973, see above)
• Frank J. Tobin. "Gregorius" and "Armer Heinrich." Hartmann's Dualistic and Gradualistic Views of Reality. Stanford German Studies 3. (Bern: Herbert Lang, 1973)