Gregorius
A Medieval Oedipus Legend
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Hartmann von AueOriginally published in 1955, this rendering in rhyming couplets was the first English translation to appear of the medieval Oedipus legend of Gregorius, made known to readers by Thomas Mann in his novel The Holy Sinner (1951). The introduction situates Hartmann’s poem in the pantheon of Gregorius legends by writers from Sophocles to Mann.
Publication
2020
Pages
156
Format
Epub
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
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Translators
Edwin H. Zeydel, Bayard Quincy Morgan
Collection
University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages and Literature
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