Bodies of Pain
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A01=Scott E. Pincikowski
Anorexia Nervosa
Arthur's Court
Author_Scott E. Pincikowski
Body Politic Metaphor
body symbolism
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Courtly Body
courtly culture
Courtly Epics
Courtly Lady
Courtly Literature
Dead Man
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Hartmann's Works
Human Suffering
La Farge
Maiden's Actions
Maiden's Body
Medieval Ascetic
Medieval Holy Women
medieval literature
Medieval Society
medieval suffering and ideology
Middle Age
Middle High German
Observation Gains
Pain Infliction
pain theory
philological methods
Social Body
social body analysis
Uncivilized Body
Vice Versa
Walther Von Der Vogelweide
Wolfram Von Eschenbach's Parzival
Wolfram Von Eschenbach’s Parzival
Product details
- ISBN 9780415939621
- Weight: 580g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Apr 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This study provides a much needed re-evaluation of the role of pain and suffering in Hartmann von Aue. By critically and carefully combining traditional philology with modern theoretical analysis, drawing on theorists such as Mary Douglas, Michele Foucault, Norbert Elias and Elaine Scarry, the author shows how the 'body' is symbolically structured in Hartmann's work to create a distinctly medieval signification system of pain. This system is analysed through an examination of the physical body and social body of the court, and the harmonious and refined image of courtly society as depicted in Hartmann's work where it is shown that the very ideological system that informs courtly life causes suffering in both the physical and social bodies.
