Description: Drawing upon the most current methodologies, the essays in this book pursue the multifarious functions of end-times in medieval German texts.
Brief description: Evelyn Meyer is Associate Professor of German at Saint Louis University.
Review Quotes: This collected volume under the editorship of Ernst Ralf Hintz and Scott E. Pincikowski . . . is the result of a successful collaboration of twelve Germanists, mostly Americans, among them Albrecht Classen, Will Hasty, and Winder McConnell. They have set themselves the goal of researching medieval conceptions of sin, evil, and the Apocalypse. The range of sources is diverse, comprising numerous legends, epics, and novels of courtly literature, post-courtly texts, and art objects, as well as religious texts. . . . The volume is to be recommended for readers who are . . . interested in conceptions of ethics and/or morals in the Middle Ages.--Aleksej Burov "ARBITRIUM"