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Author:

Summers, Sandra Lindemann, 1963-

Title:

Ogling ladies : scopophilia in medieval German literature / Sandra Lindemann Summers.

Publisher:

University Press of Florida,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

x, 174 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

German literature--Middle High German, 1050-1500--History and criticism.
Voyeurism in literature.
Women in literature.
Gaze in literature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [157]-172) and index.

Contents:

"A lady should never look directly at a male visitor": Thomasin Von Zerclaere -- "Wild glances": Winsbeckin and Der Renner -- "The woman behind the wall": Heinrich von Melk and Der Stricker -- "He was as handsome as he could be!": Male beauty and the ogling lady in the Eneasroman -- "The most handsome knight that ever lived": Female scopophilia in Parzival -- "Lady, you saw it with your own eyes!": Enite and the perfect female gaze in Hartmann"s Erec -- Knight or eye candy? The gendering gaze in Hartmann von Aue's Iwein.

Summary:

An analysis of medieval literature through an exploration of the female gaze.

ISBN:

0813044189 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780813044187 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)806013200

LCCN:

2012046696

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)