Translated by George Fenwick Jones.
Heinrich Wittenwiler's 'Ring', written in a Swiss dialect and presented in English translation for the first time in this 1956 volume, is a comic-didactic and religious allegory that documents late medieval views on many aspects of literature, history, law and religion. Besides his translation of 'Ring', Jones adds an exposition on the text as well as a translation of the Middle Scots poem 'Colkelbie Sow' with a comparative analysis of the two works.
Author(s): Heinrich Wittenwiler, George Fenwick Jones (transl.)
Series: University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures, 18
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Year: 1956
Language: English
Pages: 266
City: Chapel Hill
Frontispieces
Foreword to the 'Ring' Translation
Preface
PART ONE — THE COURTSHIP
The Peasant Tournament
The Mock Confession
The Tournament Resumed
The After-tourney
The Serenade
The Tryst in the Barn
The Vigil on the Roof
Metzi’s Imprisonment
The Art of Love
The Seduction
Metzi’s Love-letter
The Go-between
PART TWO — THE WEDDING
The Marriage Debate
The Match-making
Metzi’s Family Council
Bertschi’s Catechism
A Code for Scholars
A Doctrine for Christians
A Hygiene Lecture
A Lecture on Morals
Hints on Housekeeping
The Marriage Ceremony
Guests, Gifts, and Nuptial Mass
The Banquet
The Dance
PART THREE — THE CONFLICT
The Brawl
The Nissingers’ War Council
The Bridal Night
The Lappenhausers’ War Council
The Nissingers’ Quest for Allies
The Lappenhausers’ Quest for Allies
Strudel’s Speech to his Troops
A Code of Ethics for the Soldier
The Battle Begins
The Witches versus the Dwarves
The Giants versus the Dwarves
The Heroes versus the Giants
The Heathens versus the Heroes
The Swiss versus the Heathens and Heretics
The Lappenhausers versus the Nissingers
The Betrayal
The Siege
The End
Exposition
Appendix I — Controversial Points
Appendix II — Quotations from and Allusions to Scripture
Appendix III — Bibliography
Appendix IV — Index and Name-list
"COLKELBIE SOW"
Foreword to Translation
Prohemium
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Exposition
Notes to Exposition
Controversial Points
