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Summers, Sandra Lindemann, 1963-

Ogling ladies scopophilia in medieval German literature / [electronic resource] : Sandra Lindemann Summers. - Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013. - 1 online resource (x, 174 p. :) ill. ;

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

"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.

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

ISBN: 9780813045078

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

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PT179 / .S96 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 830.9/3538