EAN: 9783110621990

HE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO HIS WIFE! - ANNEGRET...

This publication uncovers two previously dismissed pre-modern adaptations of the Middle High
German Wigalois (1215) by exploring their different approaches to female agency in comparison
with the original Wigalois  the Yiddish Viduvilt (14th ct.) and the German Wigoleis (15th ct.).
Traditionally  scholarship often concentrated on the Yiddish text presenting female figures as
behaving in a Jewish manner or embodying famous Jewish mythical figures such as Lilith (see
Achim Jaeger   Robert G. Warnock). Rather than trying to argue for or against a figure's
Jewishness  I evaluate these interpretations from the perspective of Arthurian Literature by
showing that the construction of female agency is at the center of all three adaptations of
this important chapter of German-Jewish literature and culture.

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