Motif Index of German Secular Narratives from the Beginning to 1400 Natiere De Bretagne

This new motif index, published entirely in English, catalogues and accesses all the important narrative motifs in secular narrative literature written in German from the 9th to 14th centuries. The Motif Index of German Secular Narratives not only provides a complete catalogue of all the occurrences in each individual work of medieval literature of widespread narrative patterns, but also provides a sophisticated system of indexing and referencing to make it possible to access and research the individual motifs across different works. Volumes 1 to 5 present genre-based catalogues of motifs arranged by work in alphabetical order: 1./2. Matiere de Bretagne, 3. Oriental and Miscellaneous Romances/Chansons de Geste, 4. Heroic Epic /Maere and Novellas, 5. Romances of Antiquity. For each passage relevant to the history of a motif a concise paraphrase of the content is given, together with the relevant Thompson classification. Volume 6 provides three valuable indexes: 1. a central index of motifs using Thompson's classification system, which enables the reader to identify all relevant textual occurrences at a glance, 2. an index of all key-words belonging to the naming of a particular motif, and 3. an index of all names quoted. Volume 6 is accompanied by a powerful CD-ROM which greatly enhances the search potential of the work. It is planned to publish 2 volumes every year. The edition will be completed in 2007.Austrian Academy of Sciences Staff is the author of 'Motif Index of German Secular Narratives from the Beginning to 1400 Natiere De Bretagne', published 2005 under ISBN 9783110175981 and ISBN 3110175983.