This 1981 text is a study of the narrative techniques in two important
thirteenth-century German romances: one by Wolfram von Eschenbach,
considered by many as the greatest poet of medieval Germany; the other
by a lesser-known but highly skilled follower of Wolfram. This analysis
of narrative technique contributes to the trend towards a broader
perspective in medieval literary studies, in which critical modes
developed in the study of modern works are applied helpfully to older
literature. The conclusions reached should prove important for the
understanding of modern conceptions of narrative as well.