Beards and Texts: Images of Masculinity in Medieval German Literature - Softcover

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<div><b>A study of beard motifs in medieval German poetry.</b><br> &#160;<br> Beards make frequent appearances in medieval German poetry&#8212;as esteemed markers of majestic wisdom or as hilarious props for undignified manhandling. In <i>Beards and Texts</i>, Sebastian Coxon traces this preeminent symbol of masculinity through four major poetic traditions across the twelfth and sixteenth centuries&#8212;Pfaffe Konrad&#8217;s&#160;<i>Rolandslied</i>, Wolfram von Eschenbach&#8217;s&#160;<i>Willehalm</i>, &#8216;Sangspruchdichtung&#8217;, and Heinrich Wittenwiler&#8217;s&#160;<i>Ring</i>. By attending to this hairy trope,<i> Beards and Texts</i> sheds new light on the construction of both poetic form and masculinity in the Middle Ages.<br> &#160;</div>

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