Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Popular Genres

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

Wolfram von Eschenbach

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Wolfram von Eschenbach was a German knight and poet, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of his time. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry.

Little is known of Wolfram's life. There are no historical documents which mention him, and his works are the sole source of evidence. In Parzival he talks of wir Beier and the dialect of his works is East Franconian. This and a number of geographical references have resulted in the present-day Wolframs-Eschenbach, previously Obereschenbach, near Ansbach in Bavaria, being officially designated as his birthplace. However, the evidence is circumstantial and not without problems - there are at least four other places named Eschenbach in present-day Bavaria, and Wolframs-Eschenbach was not part of Bavaria in Wolfram's time.[citation needed]

The arms shown in the Manesse manuscript come from the imagination of a 14th-century artist, drawing on the figure of the Red Knight in Parzival, and have no heraldic connection with Wolfram.

Wolfram's work indicates a number of possible patrons , which suggests that he served at a number of courts during his life. In his Parzival he claims he is illiterate and recorded the work by dictation, though the claim is treated with scepticism by scholars.

Wolfram is best known today for his Parzival, sometimes regarded as the greatest of all German epics from that time. Based on Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, le Conte du Graal, it is the first extant work in German to have as its subject the Holy Grail. In the poem, Wolfram's narrator expresses disdain for Chrétien's version of the tale, and states that his source was a poet from Provence called Kyot. Some scholars believe Wolfram might have meant Guiot de Provins , however others believe Kyot was simply a literary device invented by Wolfram to explain his deviations from Chrétien's version.

Wolfram is the author of two other narrative works: the unfinished Willehalm and the fragmentary Titurel. These were both composed after Parzival, and Titurel mentions the death of Hermann I, which dates it firmly after 1217. Wolfram's nine surviving songs, five of which are dawn-songs, are regarded as masterpieces of Minnesang.

Wolfram von Eschenbach

3.7/5 ( ratings)
Wolfram von Eschenbach was a German knight and poet, regarded as one of the greatest epic poets of his time. As a Minnesinger, he also wrote lyric poetry.

Little is known of Wolfram's life. There are no historical documents which mention him, and his works are the sole source of evidence. In Parzival he talks of wir Beier and the dialect of his works is East Franconian. This and a number of geographical references have resulted in the present-day Wolframs-Eschenbach, previously Obereschenbach, near Ansbach in Bavaria, being officially designated as his birthplace. However, the evidence is circumstantial and not without problems - there are at least four other places named Eschenbach in present-day Bavaria, and Wolframs-Eschenbach was not part of Bavaria in Wolfram's time.[citation needed]

The arms shown in the Manesse manuscript come from the imagination of a 14th-century artist, drawing on the figure of the Red Knight in Parzival, and have no heraldic connection with Wolfram.

Wolfram's work indicates a number of possible patrons , which suggests that he served at a number of courts during his life. In his Parzival he claims he is illiterate and recorded the work by dictation, though the claim is treated with scepticism by scholars.

Wolfram is best known today for his Parzival, sometimes regarded as the greatest of all German epics from that time. Based on Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, le Conte du Graal, it is the first extant work in German to have as its subject the Holy Grail. In the poem, Wolfram's narrator expresses disdain for Chrétien's version of the tale, and states that his source was a poet from Provence called Kyot. Some scholars believe Wolfram might have meant Guiot de Provins , however others believe Kyot was simply a literary device invented by Wolfram to explain his deviations from Chrétien's version.

Wolfram is the author of two other narrative works: the unfinished Willehalm and the fragmentary Titurel. These were both composed after Parzival, and Titurel mentions the death of Hermann I, which dates it firmly after 1217. Wolfram's nine surviving songs, five of which are dawn-songs, are regarded as masterpieces of Minnesang.

Books from Wolfram von Eschenbach

Parzival

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight

3.2/5 ( ratings)

Parzival: Band 1

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Willehalm

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Parzival & Titurel

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Parzival 2

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Titurel: [text - �bersetzung - Stellenkommentar]

3.8/5 ( ratings)

Parzival with Titurel and the Love Lyrics

4/5 ( ratings)

Wolfram von Eschenbach

5/5 ( ratings)

Parzival: Ausgabe mit allen 16 Büchern (German Edition)

5/5 ( ratings)

Die größten Klassiker der deutschen Literatur: Faust, Der Prozess, Schachnovelle, Effi Briest, Ode an die Freude, Also sprach Zarathustra, Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge (German Edition)

5/5 ( ratings)

Wolfram's Von Eschenbach Parzival Und Titurel, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint)

5/5 ( ratings)

Wolframs Von Eschenbach Bilder Und W�rter F�r Freude Un Leid (Classic Reprint)

5/5 ( ratings)

Willehalm: [text Und �bersetzung] Text Der Ausgabe Von Werner Schr�der

5/5 ( ratings)

Willehalm Buch VI Bis IX; Titurel; Lieder

5/5 ( ratings)

Wolfram Von Eschenbach: Hft. Parzival Buch I-VI

5/5 ( ratings)

The Big Book of Knights, Nobles & Knaves

5/5 ( ratings)

Parzival. Unterrichtsmodell und Unterrichtsvorbereitungen. Unterrichtsmaterial und komplette Stundenmodelle für den Deutschunterricht.

5/5 ( ratings)

Средневековый роман и повесть

5/5 ( ratings)

Doctrina Nacionalsocialista de la Acción

5/5 ( ratings)
loader