Loyalty and Riches in Wolfram's "Parzival"
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Loyalty
Randal
Riches
Sivertson
Wolfram's
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- ISBN 9783631345733
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 01 Apr 1999
- Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Paperback
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This study of Wolfram's Parzival concentrates on service for riches in medieval knighthood. The epic is interpreted as a conflict between reciprocal feudal loyalty and self-centered mercenary service. The actions of Gahmuret, Anfortas, Parzival, and Feirefiz are held up against the historical background of the crusades, where service for abstract ideals is undermined by service for material gain. Although the power of riches is subdued by the sword in the end, the author maintains that the Parzival is an heroic defense of feudal values in an historical state of decline. He also criticizes traditional Parzival interpretations based on the chivalric system of the virtues, religious didactics, courtly love relationships, and dynastic relationships.
The Author: Randal Sivertson, born 1962, studied German, English, and History at the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of Frankfurt am Main. He received a Ph.D. in Medieval German Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996.
