Sagen--Fakt, Fiktion oder Fake? : eine kurze Reise durch zweifelhafte Geschichten vom Mittelalter bis heute / Helge Gerndt.

9783830942009

Münster : Waxmann, 2020.

244 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Helge Gerndt examines 'legendary' questions with a current perspective: on the discovery of the legends between the Enlightenment and Romanticism, on legends research, on the relationship between orality and written form in the process of tradition, on legends as a sign of their time and finally to the question of the 'truth' that lies in the legends. Gerndt discusses fabulous stories as a model that represents different aspects of reality. In thirteen chapters, it clearly shows how the everyday world of modern times between truth claims and doubts is represented and reflected in often small, surprising stories.

German

October 30, 2020

Includes bibliographical references and index.