All Outputs (11)

Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois: Intertextuality and Interpretation (2005)
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Thomas, N. (2005). Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois: Intertextuality and Interpretation. Boydell & Brewer

Arthurian romance flourished in medieval Germany, but the pre-eminence of Wolfram von Eschenbach has perhaps overshadowed some of his successors. This book focuses on Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois, the later thirteenth-century Arthurian romance. It... Read More about Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois: Intertextuality and Interpretation.

Writing War: Medieval Literary Responses to Warfare. (2004)
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Thomas, N., Saunders, C., & Saux, F. L. (Eds.). (2004). Writing War: Medieval Literary Responses to Warfare. Boydell & Brewer

War is a powerful and enduring literary topos, a repeated theme in both secular and religious literary genres of the middle ages. The idea and practice of war is central to some of the most dominant subject matters in the medieval period - as well as... Read More about Writing War: Medieval Literary Responses to Warfare..

The Growth of the Tristan and Iseut Legend in Wales, England, France and Germany. (2003)
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Thomas, N., Le Saux, F., Hardman, P., & Noble, P. (Eds.). (2003). The Growth of the Tristan and Iseut Legend in Wales, England, France and Germany. Edwin Mellen Press

These essays examine the links among the four main areas where the Tristan legend flourished. It examines how the legend adapted to each new period and assimilated the new ideas and fashions of the societies for which the authors were writing, over a... Read More about The Growth of the Tristan and Iseut Legend in Wales, England, France and Germany..

Diu Crône and the Medieval Arthurian Cycle (2002)
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Thomas, N. (2002). Diu Crône and the Medieval Arthurian Cycle. Boydell & Brewer

`Interesting and persuasive... will surely influence the future critical discussion of Heinrich's poem and the medieval Arthurian cycle'. ARTHURIANA Diu Crône (The Crown) is one of the most neglected of Arthurian romances, perhaps because it does not... Read More about Diu Crône and the Medieval Arthurian Cycle.

Utopias in European Life and Literature. (2000)
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Thomas, N. E. (Ed.). (2000). Utopias in European Life and Literature. Durham Modern Languages Series

This volume contains selected papers from the fourth biennial Durham European Literature Symposium, held at the University of Durham, in 1998. The theme of utopias arose from the discussion following the third Symposium (proceedings published under t... Read More about Utopias in European Life and Literature..

German Studies at the Millennium. (1999)
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Thomas, N. E. (Ed.). (1999). German Studies at the Millennium. Durham Modern Languages Series

The essays in this volume give some sense of the range of research and teaching interests in German departments in tertiary education, and demonstrate the evolution that has taken place in these areas in the last few decades. Contributors all have a... Read More about German Studies at the Millennium..

Unity and Difference in European Cultures. (1998)
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Thomas, N. E. (Ed.). (1998). Unity and Difference in European Cultures. Durham Modern Languages Series

The present volume gathers together a selection of the papers presented at the third biennial meeting of the Durham European Literature Colloquium, which took place in Durham in 1996. The theme, ‘Unity and Difference in European Cultures’ had been ch... Read More about Unity and Difference in European Cultures..

Myth and its Legacy in European Literature. (1996)
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Thomas, N. E. (Ed.). (1996). Myth and its Legacy in European Literature. Durham Modern Languages Series

The contributors to this interdisciplinary volume (the proceedings of the 1994 Durham Biennial Symposia devoted to European issues) discuss the contemporary relevance and transformations of ancient myth, posing the question whether the post-Enlighten... Read More about Myth and its Legacy in European Literature..

Reading the Nibelungenlied. (1995)
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Thomas, N. E. (1995). Reading the Nibelungenlied. Durham Modern Languages Series

Neil Thomas's Reading the Nibelungenlied attempts to access the mainsprings of what nineteenth- and twentieth-century German writers such as Wagner, Volker Braun and Heiner Mueller have seen as the master narrative of the German tradition. In its sto... Read More about Reading the Nibelungenlied..

The German Language in Europe. (1994)
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Thomas, N. E. (1994). The German Language in Europe. Durham Centre for European Studies

Celtic and Germanic Themes in European Literature. (1994)
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Thomas, N. E. (Ed.). (1994). Celtic and Germanic Themes in European Literature. Edwin Mellen Press

Celtic and Germanic Themes in European Literature Thomas, Neil E. , editor Description These essays cover a broad historical sweep from Indo-European origins to the present. Essays include: Weaving-Related Symbolism in Early European Literature; Hein... Read More about Celtic and Germanic Themes in European Literature..