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Table of Contents
 
 
I    Introduction 10
II   The Old High German Period ~750-1050:  13
       Hildebrandslied 15
        Heliand 20
        Das Evangelienbuch by Otfried von Weißenburg  28
        Ludwigslied 36
III  Early Middle High German Literature ~1050-1170:  41
      "Von des todes gehugede" by Heinrich von Melk:  42 
      Melker Marienlied 46
       Rolandslied by Pfaffe Lamprecht  50
IV  The Classical Period ~1170-1230:  58
        Epic Poetry:
                    Nibelungenlied (1-105) 63
                                          (279-466) 81
                                          (618-1680) 96
                                          (2145-2337) 112
                                          (2338-2379) 122
                   Iwein (1-1088) 132
                              (1089-5185) 142
                              (5186-8166) 152 
                               by Hartmann von Aue   
                   Parzival (1-127) 164 
                                (128-192) 176 
                                (193-316) 188 
                                (317-478) 200 
                                (479-827) 214 
                                 by Wolfram von Eschenbach   
                   Tristan (45-6148) 224 
                              .(6150-8114) 236 
                              .(8115-12040) 248 
                              .(16923-18539) 261 
                               by Gottfried von Straßburg 
      Lyric Poetry: 277 
           The Native Tradition: 278 
                   anonymous poetry  278 
                   Der von Kürenberg 282 
                   Dietmar von Eist  284 
                   Meinloh von Sevelingen  286 
           Romance Influence:  291 
                   Friedrich von Hausen  292 
                   Reinmar der Alte  296 
                   Heinrich von Morungen 304 
                   Hartmann von Aue  310 
                   Walther von der Vogelweide 319 
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                   Neidhart von Reuental 355 
V   Later Medieval Literature ~1230-1500: 365 
           Märendichtung:  367 
           Das Schneekind 368 
           Herzmäre by Konrad von Würzburg 375 
           Helmbrecht (1-768) 399 
                             (925-1943) 416
                             by Wernher der Gärtner 
           Mystical Writers:  428 
                   "Granum sinapis"  428 
                   Hildegard von Bingen 429 
                   Mechthild von Magdeburg 433 
                   "Rede der Unterscheidunge" by Meister Eckhart  438 
                   "Von dem Schauen Gottes" by Meister Eckhart  441 
                   "Iusti vivent in eternum" by Meister Eckhart  446 
                   "Ascendit Jhesus" by Johannes Tauler  452 
           Medieval Drama: 459 
                   Osterspiel von Muri 460 
                   Ein Vastnachtspil  466 
      Oswald von Wolkenstein 473 
      Der Ackermann aus Böhmenby Johannes Tepl  493 
      Reineke Fuchs  509 
Bibliography of Translations 528 
List of Illustrations 531