Stephanie Cain Van dÕElden, University of Minnesota

Stephanie Van dÕElden grew up in southern Minnesota. After attending Middlebury College for two years, she received her undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota in 1961. She went to San Jose State College where she studied German literature. There she obtained her first MasterÕs degree in German (1965). Three years later, she received a MasterÕs degree in Political Science at the University of South Carolina (1968). Stephanie Van dÕElden eventually moved back to Minnesota, and in 1974 she received her Ph.D. in German Philology.

Over the years, Stephanie Van dÕElden has taught at widely varying institutions. She taught at the American High School in Heidelberg, Germany (1961 Ð 62) and was a teaching or research assistant and teaching associate from 1968 Ð 1974 during her doctorate studies at the University of Minnesota. After receiving her degree, Stephanie Van dÕElden taught at both Hamline University and the College of St. Thomas in the Twin Cities (1975 Ð 79). She has been a lecturer in the Honors Program since 1986.

Stephanie Van dÕElden is a currently a member of the Medieval Academy of America, the International Arthurian Society, the International Courtly Literature Society. Her main research interests are medieval courtly literature, especially heraldic poetry and medieval German literature. She currently holds a post-doctorate position in the Center for Medieval Studies.

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Associate editor with John J. Jeep et al.. Medieval Germany: An Encyclopedia. New York & London: Garland Publishing, Inc. 2001.

"Discursive Illustrations in Three Tristan Manuscripts." In Word and Image in Arthurian Literature. Keith Busby, ed. New York: Garland, 1996, pp. 284-319.

"Reading Illustrations of Tristan." In Literary Aspects of Courtly Culture. Donald Maddox and Sara Strum-Maddox, eds. London: Boydell & Brewer Ltd., 1994, pp. 348-355.

"The Minnesingers." In Troubadour Handbook. R. F. P. Akehurst and Judith M. Davis, eds. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, pp. 262-270.

"Specific and Generic Scenes: A Model for Analyzing Medieval Illustrated Texts Based on the Example of Yvain/Iwein." Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society 44 (1992), 255-269.

"The Salerno Effect: The Image of Salerno in Courtly Literature." In L'imaginaire courtois et son double. Giovanna Angeli and Luciano Formisano, eds. Naples: Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane, 1992, 503-515.

Edited with F.R.P. Akehurst. The Stranger in Medieval Society. (Medieval Cultures, 12). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, l997.

Moriz von CraÐn: An Edition and Translation. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1990.

Edited with Edward R. Haymes. The Dark Figure in Medieval German and Germanic Literature. (G"ppinger Arbeiten zur Germanistik 448). G"ppingen: K_mmerle, 1986.

Peter Suchenwirt and Heraldic Poetry. (Wiener Arbeiten zur germanischen Altertumskunde und Philologie 9). Vienna: Karl M. Halosar, 1976.