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Gottfried von Strassburg fl.1200
German poet

He wrote the masterly German version of the legend of Tristan and Isolde, based on the Anglo-Norman poem by Thomas. He is also noteworthy as an early exponent of literary criticism, having left appraisals of the work of poets of the period.

Bibliography: M S Bates, Gottfried von Strassburg (1971)