Wolfram von Eschenbach, Titurel

Marion E. Gibbs
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Both

Parzival

and

Willehalm

show the highly innovative skill of Wolfram von Eschenbach, and his

Titurel,

too, is a unique work which, like

Willehalm

, defies generic description. The complex strophic form, four long lines of differing metrical patterns rhyming in pairs but with occasional additional internal rhyming and frequent enjambement, recalls the

Nibelungenlied

and some of the more metrically complex lyric poetry of the day, but it is uniquely intricate and, sustained over the 175 strophes which constitute the two fragments, it is a

tour de force

of poetic mastery. It is capable of conveying moments of high drama and tender lyricism, and both qualities are present to superb effect in this fragile, yet powerful work, the least well known of Wolfram's compositions, but a significant…

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Citation: Gibbs, Marion E.. "Titurel". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 13 January 2004 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=14453, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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