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The dream city in medieval literature, or urban imagination: the case of the anonymous Herzog Ernst (ca. 1170/ca. 1220), Konrad von Würzburg’s Partonopier und Meliur (ca. 1280), and Marco Polo’s Le Devisement du monde (ca. 1310)
Studia Neophilologica Pub Date : 2019-06-13 , DOI: 10.1080/00393274.2019.1627242
Albrecht Classen 1
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ABSTRACT Even though we tend to assume that the concept of a sophisticated and complex city belongs to one of the constitutive factors of the modern age (maybe since ca. 1600), we can recognise an entire discourse on the dream city beginning already in the late twelfth century and continuing throughout the centuries, as illustrated by the cases of Herzog Ernst, Konrad von Würzburg’s Partonopier und Meliur, and The Travels by Marco Polo. When Italo Calvino predicated his famous Invisible Cities on Marco Polo’s account, he might not have been aware of the broad and deep literary tradition. This article identifies the crucial components of this discourse and builds distinct bridges between the Middle Ages and modernity. As the analysis will demonstrate, the dream city was not simply a well-fortified town, but a relatively expansive city with many luxuries and pleasures for the inhabitants, at least within literary imaginations.

中文翻译:

中世纪文学中的梦想之城,或城市想象:匿名的赫尔佐格·恩斯特(约 1170/约 1220)、康拉德·冯·维尔茨堡的《Partonopier und Meliur》(约 1280)和马可波罗的《世界设计》(约 1280 年)的案例。 1310)

摘要 尽管我们倾向于假设精致而复杂的城市的概念属于现代时代的构成因素之一(也许自 1600 年以来),但我们可以认识到,关于梦想城市的完整话语早在晚期就开始了正如赫尔佐格·恩斯特、康拉德·冯·维尔茨堡的《Partonopier und Meliur》和马可波罗的《游记》等案例所说明的那样,这个故事延续了 12 世纪并持续了几个世纪。当伊塔洛·卡尔维诺 (Italo Calvino) 根据马可波罗的说法预测他著名的隐形城市时,他可能没有意识到广泛而深厚的文学传统。本文确定了该话语的关键组成部分,并在中世纪与现代性之间架起了独特的桥梁。正如分析将显示的,梦想之城不仅仅是一座防御工事严密的城镇,
更新日期:2019-06-13
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