Head-Word and Rhyme-Word Concordances to Des Minnesangs Fruhling: A Complete Reference Work

By Samuel Coleman and Clifton D. Hall

The works of twenty-three German poets are contained in Des Minnesangs Fruhling (The Blossomings of Courtly Love Poetry), a collection of medieval songs dating from about 1150 to 1220, during which time the genre of courtly love poetry developed from its beginnings to and through its zenith. Although this anthology is one of the most significant collections of pre-modern love poetry, in the German language, until now no lexicographic reference tools have yet been published for the study of its form and language.Des Minnesangs Fruhling will make possible the kinds of study of the Middle High German lyrics that have heretofore been impossible. The 512-page work contains a head-word concordance including both principal and high-frequency words, a ranking frequency list, and a reverse sort list. The rhyme-word index organizes the rhyming words of all twenty-three poets within a single section. This concordance is indeed a groundbreaking new tool in the study of Middle High German lyrics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870814478
• ISBN13: 9780870814471
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado
• Length: 509 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.5" x 1.3" x 9.0"