WOLFRAM VON ESCHENBACH
\wˈʊlfɹam vˈɒn ˈɛʃənbˌɑːx], \wˈʊlfɹam vˈɒn ˈɛʃənbˌɑːx], \w_ˈʊ_l_f_ɹ_a_m v_ˈɒ_n ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n_b_ˌɑː_x]\
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A celebrated German mediaeval poet; born of a noble family at Eschenbach, near Ansbach, Bavaria, in the second half of the twelfth century; died between 1218 and 1225. He was one of the most prominent minstrels at the court of Hermann, landgraf of Thuringia; and his epics rank among the greatest German imaginative works. Besides several love songs, he wrote "Parcival", "Wilhelm von Orange", and "Titurel".
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Next to Walther von der Vogelweide the greatest of Middle High German poets; died about 1220. He was poor and with a family, and could neither read nor write; but knew French and was of noble birth, which enabled him to frequent the court of Hermann of Thuringia. His chief works were three epic poems: "Parzival" (about 1210), the greatest of German court epics; "Titurel" (about 1210?), left unfinished; "Willehalm" (begun before 1216), left unfinished; both afterward completed by other hands. He wrote also lyrics, among which were four "Day Songs".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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