The Beginnings of German Literature. Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Old High German
Mary M. Paddock|Cyril Edwards
For the German-speaking peoples under Carolingians (c. 750-950 AD), dominant literary tongue was Latin, but during period between eighth and tenth centuries dialects of Old High German in south Saxon north entered realm written languages. Cyril Edwards explores a number instances his book, beginning with look at recording survival earliest continuous texts, before turning to specific examples. These are: Wessobrunn Prayer, religious poem German; Merseburg Charms, pagan survivals Christian manuscript, summoning gods familiar from Norse pantheon; traces love lyric; Ossian period, an ingenious forgery that cause celebre nineteenth century, Lullaby.
German Studies Review