Alfred Thomas: Wounded Knights, Gebunden

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1. Introduction: Violence; Masculinity, and Medieval Courtly Love.- 2. Bad Blood: The Spectral Jew, the Transgressive Woman, and Mimetic Rivalry in Hartmann von Aue's Der arme Heinrich and Erec.- 3. The Shattered Mirror: Male Subjectivity and Sadomasochism in the Courtly Love Lyrics of Heinrich von Morungen.- 4. The Murderous Mirror: The Love Potion and the Cave of Lovers in Gottfried von Strassburg's Tristan.- 5. The Saint and the Heretic: Violence and Deviance in the Czech Legend of St Catherine of Alexandria.- 6. Death and the Maiden: Mourning, Melancholy, and Misogyny in Der Ackermann aus Böhmen and Pearl.- 7. The Return of the Medieval Repressed: Violence and Courtly Love in Modern Fiction and Horror Film.