Magebendsein

There is no evidence for explicit vernacular poetics within the early "e;Meistergesang"e; of the 14th and 15th century. While institutionally organised "e;Meistersinger"e; created a normative literary genre by using tablatures, the poetology of the early anonymous "e;Meistergesang"e; can only be deduced from the poetry itself. The normativity of poetological compositions rejects the idea of a notional standard. This abstract norm, which is versified in the poem or rather extracted from it, is replaced by the poem itself. The present study edits and analyses "e;Bare"e;, created between 1350 and 1520, that incorporate several forms of reflection such as poetical language, the idea of poets as craftsmen, artworks of versification, or content specific types of "e;Lieder"e;. By proper editing, the study aims to render the early "e;Meistergesang"e; more accessible, comprehensible, and applicable to categories. Moreover, the goal is to label the early "e;Meistergesang"e; a distinct part of the "e;Meistersinger"e; tradition. As a result, the study identifies generic, linguistic, and metaphoric features of the "e;Meistergesang's"e; poetology.