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«He should have listened to his wife!» : The Construction of Women’s Roles in German and Yiddish Pre-modern 'Wigalois' Adaptations / Annegret Oehme.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (78 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110621990
  • 9783110678369
  • 9783110624403
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 831/.21 23/eng/20230216
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Wigalois: Exalting Female Devotion -- 3. Wigoleis: Mother Mary’s Maidens -- 4. Viduvilt: Mothers Seizing Power -- 5. Epilogue -- Bibliography
Summary: This publication uncovers two previously dismissed pre-modern adaptations of the Middle High German Wigalois (1215) by exploring their different approaches to female agency in comparison with the original Wigalois, the Yiddish Viduvilt (14th ct.) and the German Wigoleis (15th ct.). Traditionally, scholarship often concentrated on the Yiddish text presenting female figures as behaving in a "Jewish manner" or embodying famous Jewish mythical figures such as Lilith (see Achim Jaeger / Robert G. Warnock). Rather than trying to argue for or against a figure’s "Jewishness," I evaluate these interpretations from the perspective of Arthurian Literature by showing that the construction of female agency is at the center of all three adaptations of this important chapter of German-Jewish literature and culture.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Wigalois: Exalting Female Devotion -- 3. Wigoleis: Mother Mary’s Maidens -- 4. Viduvilt: Mothers Seizing Power -- 5. Epilogue -- Bibliography

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This publication uncovers two previously dismissed pre-modern adaptations of the Middle High German Wigalois (1215) by exploring their different approaches to female agency in comparison with the original Wigalois, the Yiddish Viduvilt (14th ct.) and the German Wigoleis (15th ct.). Traditionally, scholarship often concentrated on the Yiddish text presenting female figures as behaving in a "Jewish manner" or embodying famous Jewish mythical figures such as Lilith (see Achim Jaeger / Robert G. Warnock). Rather than trying to argue for or against a figure’s "Jewishness," I evaluate these interpretations from the perspective of Arthurian Literature by showing that the construction of female agency is at the center of all three adaptations of this important chapter of German-Jewish literature and culture.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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