History and fortune in Heinrich Steinhoewel's ''Appolonius''

In the literature of the Middle Ages, exempla often drew upon historical material. One popular narrative set in Hellenistic times and taken up repeatedly by medieval writers was the Latin tale of Apollonius of Tyre. Adaptations and translations of this material emphasized its didactic aspects. At the end of the fifteenth century Heinrich Steinhowel (1411/12-1479) produced a German adaptation of the Apollonius tale based on two Latin sources. This study intends to demonstrate Steinhowel's didactic intention in Appolonius first by setting it apart through comparison from its sources, the Gesta Romanorum, a collection of moralizing exempla, and Gotfrid of Viterbo's chronicle Pantheon and then by analyzing the role of Fortune in the narrative.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

German

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Wade, Elizabeth Ilona

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kalinke, Marianne E.

• Literature, Comparative
• Literature, Medieval
• Literature, Germanic

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1995 Wade, Elizabeth Ilona

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9543759
(UMI)AAI9543759

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19212