Literary Culture in the Holy Roman Empire, 1555-1720

These essays discuss approaches to early modern literature in central Europe, focusing on four pivotal areas: connections between humanism and the new scientific thought; the relationship of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century literature to ancient and Renaissance European traditions; the social and political context of early modern writing; and the poets' self-consciousness about their work.

As a whole, the volume argues that early modern writing in central Europe should not be viewed solely as literature but as the textual product of specific social, political, educational, religious, and economic circumstances.

The contributors are Judith P. Aikin, Barbara Becker-Cantarino, Thomas W. Best, Dieter Breuer, Barton W. Browning, Gerald Gillespie, Anthony Grafton, Gerhart Hoffmeister, Uwe-K. Ketelsen, Joseph Leighton, Ulrich Maché, Michael M. Metzger, James A. Parente, Jr., Richard Erich Schade, George C. Schoolfield, Peter Skrine, and Ferdinand van Ingen.

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Discusses early modern literature in central Europe, focusing on connections between humanism and scientific thought; the relationship of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century literature to ancient and Renaissance traditions; the social and political context of early modern writing; and poets' self-consciousness about their work.

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• Authors: James A. Parente Schade Jr.
• Assisted by: James A. Parente Jr. (Editor), James A Parente (Editor), James A. Parente (Editor), James A. Jr. Parente (Editor), James A. Parente Jr. (Editor), Richard Erich Schade (Editor), George C Schoolfield (Editor), George C. Schoolfield (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of North Carolina
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781469656564
• ISBN: 978-1-4696-5656-4
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: University of North Carolina S; University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages and Literature; University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages a
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Deutsch, Literaturwissenschaft: 1600 bis 1800, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, Literature - Classics / Criticism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 17th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 16th Century