Vernacular Literary Theory in the Middle Ages: The German Tradition, 800-1300, in its European Context (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)

This book first appeared in German in 1985, and set a new agenda for the study of medieval literary theory. While Haug focuses primarily on medieval German writers, the principles underlying his argument are equally relevant to medieval literature in English or any other European language. This ground-breaking study is now available in English for the first time.