The end of Fortuna and the rise of modernity / edited by Arndt Brendecke and Peter Vogt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brendecke, Arndt, editor.

Vogt, Peter, 1971- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fortuna (Roman deity)--In literature.

Fortuna.

Fortuna (Roman deity).

Fortune in literature.

Chance in literature.

Fate and fatalism in literature.

Literature and society--History.

Literature and society.

Civilization, Modern.

Literature.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 218 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, Oldenbourg, [2017]

Summary:

"What was the end of fortuna? The contributions aim at investigating the question whether there does exist a historical link between the last and manifold blossoming of a discourse on "Fortuna" between the late 16th and the early 17th century, the final demise of such a discourse roughly after mid-17th century, and the rise of modernity" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Relationship between Regularity and Irregularity in Middle High German Poems on Fortuna / Susanne Reichlin Reichlin, Susanne 15

Fortune's Sea Change: Renaissance Poetics of Contingency / Burkhardt Wolf Wolf, Burkhardt 47

Justus Lipsius (1547-1606): Fortune and War / Nicolette Mout Mout, Nicolette 63

Fortuna Revalued: On the Goddess's Sexualisation in the Renaissance / Müller/Gruber 82

Fortuna in Seventeenth Century Spain: Literature, Politics and the Visual Arts / José M. González García García, José M. González 108

The Death of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity: Prolegomena to any Future Theory of Modernity / Peter Vogt Vogt, Peter 125

Farewell to Fortuna - Turning towards Fatum: The Transformation of Fate Conceptions in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / Franziska Rehlinghaus Rehlinghaus, Franziska 151

Fortuna in Early Modern Sweden: The Heyday and Decline of a Commonplace Concept / Kristiina Savin Savin, Kristiina 175

La Fortune victime des Lumières?: Remarques sur les transformations de Fortune aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles / Florence Buttay Buttay, Florence 192.

Notes:

"The articles collected in this volume have arisen from lectures presented in March 2015 upon invitation from the research centre "Fundamente der Moderne" of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich." -- Chapter one.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110450422

3110450429

OCLC:

1007495079