The Pleier
The Pleier (* before 1230 , † after 1270 ) was a late medieval author who wrote three post-classical Arthurian novels in the period from 1240 to 1270 . He probably came from the Austro-Bavarian region; its name probably goes back to the Middle High German term "Schmelzmeister".
meaning
In literary research he is sometimes pejoratively referred to as a "compiler": According to this view, he copied his verses from various Arthurian novels and put them together to a new story without any creative effort of his own. Other researchers, on the other hand, are of the opinion that Pleier was primarily interested in embedding his works in the literary tradition of Arthurian novels - he did this consciously and not out of lack of imagination.
The Pleier assumed that his readers had an exact knowledge of the classical Arthurian novels; Today's reader therefore easily finds certain elements in the plot strange and difficult to understand.
Works
- Garel from the blooming valley
- Tanda ice cream and flordibel
- Melerance
Individual evidence
- ↑ Norbert H. Ott: The Pleier. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 525 f. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Peter Kern: The Arthurian novels of Pleier. Investigation of the connection between poetry and the literary situation. E. Schmidt, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-503-01624-4 , p. 34 ff.
- ↑ Verena Hilber: The Garel cycle at Runkelstein Castle. Diploma thesis, University of Vienna 2008, p. 44 ( PDF; 9.8 MB ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pleier |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | late medieval author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1230 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1270 |