The End-Times in Medieval German Literature

Ernst Ralf Hintz, Scott E. Pincikowski

Drawing upon the most current methodologies, the essays in this book pursue the multifarious functions of end-times in medieval German texts.

Introduction - Ernst Ralf Hintz and Scott E. PincikowskiThiu wirsa giburd: Cain's Legacy, Original Sin, and the End of the World in the Old Saxon Genesis - Alexander SagerThe Heliand Revisited: Spiritual Transgendering and the Defiance of Evil - Ernst Ralf HintzThe Beginning of the End: Binary Dynamics and Initiative in Hartmann von Aue's Gregorius - Will HastyPoetic Reflections in Medieval German Literature on Tragic Conflicts, Massive Death, and Armageddon - Albrecht ClassenBeyond Good and Evil: Apocalyptic Vision without Judgment in the Nibelungenlied. An Essay - Winder McConnellEnd-Times in the Hall: The Modern Reception of the Apocalyptic Ending of the Nibelungenlied - Scott E. PincikowskiPast Present, Future Present? Visualizing Arthurian Romance and the Beholder's Share in a World that Refuses to End - Alexandra Sterling-HellenbrandIch diene und wirbe / biz ich gar verdirbe: Lovesickness, Apocalypse and the End-Times in Mauritius von Craûn and Das Nibelungenlied - Marian E. PolhillThe Slippery Concept of Evil in Hartmann von Aue's Erec and Iwein - Evelyn MeyerWigamur's Lessons on the Complexity of Evil - Joseph M. SullivanThe Miracles of the Antichrist - Tina BoyerMonsters and Monstrosities in the Pamphlet Wars of the Reformation - Winfried Frey