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Frauenlob's Song of Songs : A Medieval German Poet and His Masterpiece by Barbara Newman; with the critical text of Karl Stackmann; and a musical performance on CD by the Ensemble Sequentia directed by Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Frauenlob's Song of Songs : A Medieval German Poet and His Masterpiece about?

"Frauenlob" was the stage name of Heinrich von Meissen (c. 1260-1318), a medieval German poet-minstrel. A famous and controversial figure in his day, Frauenlob (meaning "praise of ladies") exercised a strong influence on German literature into the eighteenth century. This book introduces the poet to English-speaking readers with a fresh poetic translation of his masterpiece, the Marienleich--a virtuosic poem of more than 500 lines in praise of the Virgin Mary.Barbara Newman, known for her pathbreaking translation of Hildegard of Bingen's Symphonia, brilliantly captures the fervent eroticism of Frauenlob's language. More than the mother of Jesus, the Lady of Frauenlob's text is a celestial goddess, the eternal partner of the Trinity. Like Christ himself she is explicitly said to have two natures, human and divine. Frauenlob lets the Lady speak for herself in an unusual first-person text of self-revelation, crafted from the Song of Songs, the Biblical wisdom books, the Apocalypse, and a wide array of secular materials ranging from courtly romance to Aristotelian philosophy.Included with the book is a CD recording of the Marienleich by the noted ensemble Sequentia, directed by Benjami

Author

Barbara Newman; with the critical text of Karl Stackmann; and a musical performance on CD by the Ensemble Sequentia directed by Barbara Thornton and Benjamin Bagby

Publisher

The Pennsylvania State University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780271034775

Subjects

History, Music, Poetry