Tannhäuser, der#
b. around 1200, d. around 1270, minnesinger, 1235-1246 lived at the court of Duke Friedrich II in Vienna (as well as, for example, Neidhart von Reuenthal). Wrote realistic minnelieder, dance songs and gnomic poems; was the hero of the popular legend about the Tannhaeuser and Venus, the origins of which lie in the 13th century.
Edition: J. Siebert, Der Dichter T., Leben, Gedichte, Sage, 1934.
Literature#
H. Kischkel, T. heiml Trauer. Ueber die Bedingungen von Rationalitaet und Subjektivitaet im MA, 1998.