Dear Otfried,
Thank you for your suggestion; I will look into it.
Sarah
On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 16:16:06 +0200 Otfried Lieberknecht wrote:
> From: Otfried Lieberknecht <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 16:16:06 +0200
> Subject: Re: Alliterative Morte; help !
> To: [log in to unmask]
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> >My student wants to write on the alliterative Morte d'Arthur; she is
> >interested in the Nine Worthies, in British nationalism and in warrior
> >culture, having previously studied Beowulf, the Iliad and
> >medieval Japan. None of this remotely touches on my research area, which
> >is female
> >virginities; can any of you suggest some reading for her?
>
> Dear Sarah,
>
> I wisht that I, too, was an expert of female virginities, but unfortunately
> all I know is worthies: I recommend that you point your student to Horst
> Schroeder, _Der Topos der Nine Worthies in Literatur und bildender Kunst_,
> Go"ttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1971, 421 pp.; not highly
> sophisticated, but very well documented.
>
> In case that anybody wonders what the Nine Worthies or "neuf preux" are: a
> catalogue or canon of ideal heroes, consisting of three ancient pagans
> (Hector, Alexander, Julius Caesar), three OT Jews (Josua, David, Judas
> Macch.), and three Christians (Arthur, Charlemagne, Geoffrey of Bouillon).
> According to Schroeder, the Nine Worthies show up for the first time in
> Jacques de Longuyon's Romance _Les Voeux du Paon_ (1312/13).
>
> Otfried
>
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