Ogling ladies [electronic resource] : scopophilia in medieval German literature / Sandra Lindemann Summers.
Material type: TextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2013. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (x, 174 p. :) illISBN:- 9780813045078
- 830.9/3538 23
- PT179 .S96 2013
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.
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