James A. Schultz Livres

The exploration of courtly love and the history of sexuality reveals intriguing connections and insights. James A. Schultz utilizes significant German texts to analyze how these two fields can inform and enrich one another. The study delves into the nuances of romantic ideals and their impact on societal views of love and sexuality, offering a fresh perspective on both historical and literary contexts.

Winner of the 1994-95 MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for studies in Germanic languages and literatures James A Schultz has brought a historiographic approach to nearly two hundred Middle High German texts—narrative, didactic, homiletic, legal, religious, and secular. He explores what they say about the nature of the child, the role of inherited and individual traits, the status of education, the remarkable number of disruptions these children suffered as they grew up, the rites of passage that mark coming of age, the various genres of childhood narratives, and the historical development of such narratives.