Erec (poem)

The Ambraser Heldenbuch, folio 30r with the start of Erec

Erec (also Erek, Ereck) is a Middle High German poem written in rhyming couplets in about 1185 by Hartmann von Aue. An adaptation of Chrétien de Troyes' Erec et Enide, it is the first Arthurian Romance in German. Unlike Hartmann's later romance Iwein, which survives in 16 complete manuscripts, Erec is preserved in only a single, much later manuscript, the Ambraser Heldenbuch, and a few small fragments.

Synopsis

Erec tells the story of how Erec, a knight at King Arthur's court, woos and marries Enite, but then through excessive devotion to his wife, neglects his duties as a knight and lord. Realising his error, he sets out from the court on a series of increasingly challenging adventures in which he tests Enite's loyalty and gains insight into the purpose of knighthood.

Editions

  • Leitzmann, Albert; Gärtner, Kurt, eds. (2006). Erec. Altdeutsche Textbibliothek 39 (7th ed.). Tübingen: Niemeyer. ISBN 3-484-20139-8.
  • Mertens, Volker, ed. (2008). Hartmann von Aue. Erec. Mittelhochdeutsch/Neuhochdeutsch. Reclams Universal-Bibliothek 18530. Translated by Held, Susanne (3rd ed.). Stuttgart: Recclam. ISBN 978-3-15-018530-8.
  • Scholz, Manfred Günter, ed. (2007). Hartmann von Aue: Erec. Translated by Held, Susanne (3rd ed.). Frankfurt/Main: Deutscher Klassikerverlag. ISBN 3-484-20139-8.
  • Hammer, Andreas; Millet, Victor; Reuvekamp-Felber, Timo, eds. (2017). Hartmann von Aue: Ereck. Textgeschichtliche Ausgabe mit Abdruck sämtlicher Fragmente und der Bruchstücke des mitteldeutschen ’Erek‘. Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-05-009551-6.
  • Edrich, Brigitte, ed. (2014). "Hartmann von Aue: Erec, Handschrift A" (PDF). Hartmann von Aue Portal. Retrieved 17 February 2018. (A diplomatic edition of MS A.)

English translations

  • Hartmann von Aue (2001). Arthurian Romances, Tales, and Lyric Poetry: The Complete Works of Hartmann von Aue. Translated by Tobin, Frank; Vivian, Kim; Lawson, Richard H. University Park, PA: Penn State Press. ISBN 0-271-02112-8.
  • Hartmann von Aue (1982). Erec. Translated by Thomas, J.W. Lincoln, London: University of Nebraska. ISBN 0-8032-7329-0.
  • Hartmann von Aue (1987). Erec. Translated by Keller, Thomas L. New York: Garland. ISBN 0824085086.
  • Hartmann von Aue (1992). Erec. Translated by Resler, Michael. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania. ISBN 0812212479.
  • Hartmann von Aue (2014). Edwards, Cyril, ed. Hartmann von Aue. Erec. Arthurian Archives. German Romance. V. Translated by Edwards, Cyril. Cambridge: D.S.Brewer. ISBN 978-1-84384-378-8. (Parallel text with edited MHG text and English translation)

References

  • Cormeau C (1989). "Hartmann von Aue". In Ruh K, Keil G, Schröder W. Die deutsche Literatur des Mittelalters. Verfasserlexikon. 3. Berlin, New York: Walter De Gruyter. pp. 506–509. ISBN 3-11-008778-2. With bibliography.
  • Cormeau, Christoph; Störmer, Wilhelm (1993). Hartmann von Aue. Epoche - Werk - Wirkung (2nd ed.). Munich: Beck. ISBN 3-406-30309-9.
  • Neumann, Friedrich (1966), "Hartmann von Aue", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 7, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 728–731 ; (full text online)
  • Reuvekamp-Felber, Timo (2016). "Polyvalenzen und Kulturkritik. Zur notwendigen Neuausgabe des 'Erec' Hartmanns von Aue". In Auge, Oliver; Witthöft, Christiane. Ambiguität im Mittelalter. Formen zeitgenössischer Reflexion und interdisziplinärer Rezeption. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. pp. 219–237. ISBN 978-3-11-044224-3. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
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