Tristan
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"Tristan" is a seminal Middle High German courtly romance, most famously adapted by Gottfried von Strassburg, that recounts the tragic love story of the knight Tristan and the Irish princess Isolde.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arthurian literature
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Middle High German literature ⓘ courtly romance ⓘ medieval romance ⓘ |
| associatedPlace |
Brittany
ⓘ
Cornwall ⓘ Ireland ⓘ |
| author | Gottfried von Strassburg ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Béroul’s Tristan
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surface form:
Tristan and Isolde legend
|
| circulation | courtly audiences ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Iseult of the White Hands
ⓘ
surface form:
Isolde of the White Hands
King Marke ⓘ
surface form:
King Mark
|
| containsMotif |
exile
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love potion ⓘ love triangle ⓘ secret love ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| fragmentaryStatus | survives incomplete ⓘ |
| genre |
chivalric romance
ⓘ
courtly love literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde
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later Tristan and Isolde adaptations ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Anglo-Norman literature
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surface form:
Anglo-Norman Tristan tradition
Celtic legend of Tristan ⓘ |
| language | Middle High German ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse romance ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | High medieval courtly culture ⓘ |
| literaryStatus | seminal work of Middle High German romance ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | German courtly literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Isolde
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Tristan self-link ⓘ |
| manuscriptTradition | multiple medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | love affair between Tristan and Isolde ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Béroul’s Tristan
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Prose Tristan ⓘ
surface form:
Eilhart von Oberg’s Tristrant
Sir Tristan ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas of Britain’s Tristan
|
| settingPeriod |
Chivalry
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surface form:
Age of chivalry
|
| subjectMatter |
conflict between love and feudal loyalty
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courtly intrigue ⓘ knightly adventures ⓘ |
| theme |
courtly love
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honor and duty ⓘ loyalty and betrayal ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition | early 13th century ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Isolde