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Reading Andreas Gryphius - Critical Trends 1664-1993 (Hardcover)
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Reading Andreas Gryphius - Critical Trends 1664-1993 (Hardcover)
Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective
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This book traces the widely varying critical reception of Andreas
Gryphius (1616-1664), the greatest German poet of the seventeenth
century. This book traces the widely varying critical reception of
Andreas Gryphius (1616-1664), the greatest German poet of the
seventeenth century. Although his work was respected in his native
Silesia both in his lifetime, and in the years after his death, his
reputation was almost eclipsed during the later eighteenth century.
However, new interpretations of him by Romantic authors, and an
emerging ideological consensus about Germany's national literature,
brought about Gryphius' critical rehabilitation and enhanced
appreciation of the qualities of his work; being roughly
contemporary with great English and French playwrights, his
literary reputation became enmeshed in the nationalist and
ideological rivalries of Europe. More recently, commentators have
concentrated on the unique character of his poetic attitude. In
this volume, the authors outline the trends of his reception in
German-speaking countries and provide the background for his
critical history; an epilogue deals with the question of whether he
can be seen as the German equivalent of Shakespeare or Calderon.
The book also presents, for the first time in English, extensive
excerpts from Gryphius criticism, from contemporary commentators
(including those close to the poet) to modern critics such as
Walter Benjamin.
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