Annette Volfing

Annette Volfing is Reader in Medieval German Studies at Oxford University and Tutorial Fellow in German at Oriel College. She has published monographs on Heinrich von Mugeln's "Der meide kranz" and on the figure of John the Evangelist in Middle High German Literature. She has also published articles on the "classics" of Middle High German Literature (Heinrich von Veldeke, Gottfried von Straburg, Wolfram von Eschenbach and Walther von der Vogelweide). In thematic terms, her research interests...See more

Annette Volfing is Reader in Medieval German Studies at Oxford University and Tutorial Fellow in German at Oriel College. She has published monographs on Heinrich von Mugeln's "Der meide kranz" and on the figure of John the Evangelist in Middle High German Literature. She has also published articles on the "classics" of Middle High German Literature (Heinrich von Veldeke, Gottfried von Straburg, Wolfram von Eschenbach and Walther von der Vogelweide). In thematic terms, her research interests cluster around allegory, bridal mysticism, hagiography and didactic literature. See less