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Title Perspectives on the Old Saxon Heliand : introductory and critical essays, with an edition of the Leipzig fragment / edited by Valentine A. Pakis.

Publication Info. Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2010.
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012.

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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (x, 335 pages :) : color illustrations
text file
Series Medieval European studies ; 12.
Note OldControl:muse9781935978350.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-335).
Contents ""Front Cover""; ""Medieval European Studies Series Page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""I Introductions to the Heliand and its Language""; ""The Historical Setting of the Heliand, the Poem, and theManuscripts""; ""The Saxons""; ""The Early Missions""; ""The Arian and Moslem Threats""; ""The English Mission""; ""Charlemagne and Europe""; ""Charlemagne and the Saxons""; ""The Consolidation of Power""; ""Semantic Hurdles to the Task of Conversion""; ""The Poem""; ""Heliand Verse""; ""The Dating of the Heliand and the Praefatio""; ""The Manuscripts""; ""The Fitts""
""A Comparison of the M and C Manuscripts""""The Old Saxon Heliand""; ""Introduction""; ""Warrior Culture in the Poem""; ""Mythological Incorporations""; ""Magical Elements""; ""Epic Structure""; ""The Theme of Light in the Poem""; ""An Overview of Old Saxon Linguistics, 1992�2008""; ""II The Diatessaronic Tradition""; ""The Parable of the Fisherman in the Heliand""; ""Introduction""; ""The Reconstruction of the Original Latin Diatessaron Text""; ""The Reconstruction of the Latin Diatessaron""; ""Differences between the Reconstruction and the Fuldensis""
""Some Observations on the Latin Reconstruction""""Out of the Sea""; ""Sagena or Rete?""; ""The Heliand and Quispel�s Reconstruction""; ""Concerning the Vorlage of the Heliand""; ""The Man who Cast a Seine""; ""Conclusion""; ""(Un)Desirable Origins""; ""Jesus Christ in German Clothes""; ""The Ur-Resistible Heliand""; ""Manus profanae emendationis""; ""Tatiankultus""; ""Conclusion""; ""III Orality and Narrative Tradition""; ""Was the Heliand Poet Illiterate?""; ""Introduction""; ""Word for Word Repetitions""; ""The Irregular Beginning of Fitts""; ""Orality as a Medium""
""Difficulties with the Spiritual Meaning of the Text""""The Origin of the Heliand and the Legend of the Poet""; ""The Hatred of Enemies: Germanic Heroic Poetry and the Narrative Design of the Heliand""; ""IV The Portrayal of the Jews in the Heliand""; ""The Jews in the Heliand""; ""Jesus Christ between Jews and Heathens""; ""I""; ""II""; ""III""; ""IV""; ""V The Discovery of the Leipzig Fragment (2006)""; ""A New Heliand Fragment From the Leipzig University Library""; ""Fragment L""; ""The Text""; ""Diplomatic Rendition""; ""Recto""; ""Verso""; ""Normalized Rendition""; ""The Language of L""
""The Interlinear Glosses in L and P""""The Relationship of L and C""; ""Some Additional Remarks""; ""Outer side: Heliand (L)""; ""Inner side: Heliand (L)""; ""Works Cited""; ""Back Cover""
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Subject Heliand.
Heliand.
Heliand.
Old Saxon language.
Old Saxon language.
Indexed Term "Multi-User"
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Dictionaries.
Dictionaries.
Added Author Pakis, Valentine A.
Other Form: Print version: Perspectives on the Old Saxon Heliand. 1st ed. Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2010 9781933202495 (DLC) 2009028337 (OCoLC)427439421
ISBN 9781935978350 (electronic book)
1935978357 (electronic book)
9781933202495 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
1933202491