CRITICISM

Chinca, Mark. “A Song and Its Situations: Walther L. 69, 1.” In Blütezeit: Festschrift für L. Peter Johnson zum 70. Geburtstag, edited by Mark Chinca, Joachim Heinzle, and Christopher Young, pp. 101-22. Tübingen, Germany: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2000.

Analyzes textual variations in different Walther manuscripts.

Clark, S. L. “‘Ein schoenez bilde’: Walter von der Vogelweide and the Idea of Image.” In From Symbol to Mimesis: The Generation of Walther von der Vogelweide, edited by Franz H Bäuml, pp. 69-91. Göppingen, Germany: Kümmerle Verlag, 1984.

Analyzes Walther's use of imagery and discusses his belief that images, while useful for conveying a poet's vision, are inadequate for describing reality.

Edwards, Cyril. “Walther's Third Song in the “Reichston”: Ich Sach Mit Mînen Ougen.” Forum for Modern Language Studies 21, no. 2 (April 1985): 105-20.

Discusses Walther's views of papal involvement in civil war.

Heinen, Hubert. “Walther's ‘Owe, hovelichez singen’: A Re-Examination.” In Saga og Sprak: Studies in Language and Literature, edited by John M. Weinstock, pp. 273-86. Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company, 1972.

Offers a new interpretation of the song, arguing that in it Walther attacks the advent and popularity of the hurdy-gurdy.

Jackson, W. T. H. “The Ambivalent Image in the Poetry of Walther von der Vogelweide.” In Spectrum Medii Aevi: Essays in Early German Literature in Honor of George Fenwick Jones, edited by William C. McDonald, pp. 157-76. Göppingen, Germany: Kümmerle Verlag, 1983.

Contends that Walther, aware of his knowledgeable audience's expectations, confidently built in both surface and underlying meanings to some of his imagery.

Rasmussen, Ann Marie. “Representing Woman's Desire: Walther's Woman's Stanzas in ‘Ich hoere iu sô vil tugende jehen’ (L 43, 9), ‘Under der linden’ (L 39, 11), and ‘Frô Welt’ (L 100, 24).” In Women as Protagonists and Poets in the German Middle Ages: An Anthology of Feminist Approaches to Middle High German Literature, edited by Albrecht Classen, pp. 69-85. Göppingen, Germany: Kümmerle Verlag, 1991.

Explores the limits of reciprocity of desire as practiced by men and women in the courtly love tradition.

Stevens, Adrian. “Minnesang, Genre, and Decorum: Walther on the Art of Love.” Oxford German Studies 13 (1982): 49-56.

Describes how Walther worked within the conventions of the Minnesang tradition.

Additional coverage of Walther von der Vogelweide's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 138; European Writers, Vol. 1; Literature Resource Center; and Reference Guide to World Literture, Ed. 2.