Middle High German Arthurian Romance: New Readings

[...]despite the relatively large number of North Americans working on German Arthurian romance, those scholars tend to present their findings in conference and print venues devoted narrowly to German Studies. Taking as his case studies the works of the two most influential Middle High German practitioners of the genre-Hartmann von Aue and Wolfram von Eschenbach-Hasty convincingly argues that one may view love and adventure in the romances as speculative ventures, investments whose ultimate outcomes are unknown to those undertaking them. [...]following the articles is a select bibliography of translations into English of the Middle High German Arthurian romances as well as English-language scholarship on them.