Early modern German literature, 1350-1700 / edited by Max Reinhart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reinhart, Max, 1946-

Louis A. Duhring Fund.

Series:

Camden House history of German literature ; v. 4.

The Camden House history of German literature ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--Middle High German, 1050-1500--History and criticism.

German literature.

German literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

liii, 1094 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2007.

Summary:

Pathbreaking volume providing a detailed, state-of-the-art overview of the literature of this 400-year period and its cultural and historical background.

Contents:

Introduction: German Literature in the Early Modern Period / Max Reinhart xiii

Part I Transitions

Fruhe Neuzeit-Early Modernity: Reflections on a New Category of Literary History / Klaus Garber 3

German Literature of the Middle Period: Working with the Sources / Hans-Gert Roloff 31

Literary Transitions, 1300-1500: From Late Medieval to Early Modern / Graeme Dunphy 43

The Evolution of Modern Standard German / Renate Born 89

Part II Formations

Education in Early Modern Germany / Wilhelm Kuhlmann 137

The Reformation Movement in Germany / C. Scott Dixon 189

Early Modern German Printing / Stephan Fussel 217

Poetics and Rhetorics in Early Modern Germany / Joachim Knape 247

Neo-Latin Literature in Early Modern Germany / Wilhelm Kuhlmann 281

Ad fontes: German Humanists as Editors and Translators / Erika Rummel 331

Early Modern German Drama, 1400-1700 / John Alexander 357

Poetry in Germany, 1450-1700 / Peter Hess 395

Early Modern German Narrative Prose / Andreas Solbach 467

The Emblem and Emblematic Forms in Early Modern Germany / Peter M. Daly 509

Part IV Representations

The Pictorial Language of German Art, 1400-1650 / Jeffrey Chipps Smith 549

Eros in Early Modern German Literature / Gerhart Hoffmeister 593

Literature and the Court, 1450-1720 / Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly 621

Music in Early Modern Germany / Steven Saunders 653

Early Modern German Libraries and Collections / Jill Bepler 699

Travel Reports in Early Modern Germany / Wolfgang Neuber 737

Demonologies: Writing about Magic and Witchcraft / Gerhild Scholz Williams 761

Part V Lives

Parallel Lives: Heinrich Steinhowel, Albrecht von Eyb, and Niklas von Wyle / John L. Flood 779

Parallel Lives: Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Bucer / Laurel Carrington 797

Parallel Lives: Martin Opitz and Julius Wilhelm Zincgref / Theodor Verweyen 823

Parallel Lives: Sigmund von Birken and Duke Anton Ulrich / John Roger Paas 855

Women's Writing in the Context of Their Lives, 1520-1720 / Anna Carrdus 869

Primary Literature 905

Select Secondary Literature 927.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [905]-995) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.

ISBN:

9781571132475

1571132473

OCLC:

141381819