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This is the first new critical dual-language (Latin/German) edition
of one of the most important New Latin Jesuit dramas, Nicolaus
Avancini's (1611--1686) APietas victrixA. The historical drama
centres around Constantine the Great's victory over his adversary
Maxentius (Battle of the Milvian Bridge, 312 BC). The text follows
the editio princeps (Vienna 1650), which contains the stage
directions (of major value for the history of drama) and engravings
of the stage decorations (reproduced in the appendix of this
volume). A detailed Introduction (with a bibliography of research
literature) informs the reader about the author and his works, with
special reference to APietas victrixA as a stage play. Alongside
the critical edition of the text, the volume also documents and
translates the variants found in subsequent editions and the
passages altered at a later stage. It further contains the German
Perioche and a list of the actors involved in the first
performance. The notes on the text provide brief information on the
most important historical references.
[Die Ausg. wurde im Rahmen des Ed.-Programms der Forschungsstelle
fur Mittlere Deutsche Literatur am Fachbereich Germanistik der
Freien Universitat Berlin ... erarb.]
Founded in 1576, the University of Helmstedt was a brilliant center
of late German humanism, a period that has been largely neglected
in academic research. For the first time, this volume presents the
lyrical works of Heinrich Meibom the Elder (1555-1625), who held
the Helmstedt professorship of poetry for over 40 years. If offers
a representative selection of his work, including texts in all the
formats of neo-Latin poetry that he employed (including parodies of
Horace, Virgilian centos, occasional poems, and spiritual poetry).
An appendix including poetic self-references and biographical
documentation provides insights into the author s working world."
Although born near Minden (Westphalia), Johannes Bocer (1526-1565)
developed his literary activity largely in the context of the
specific brand of humanism encountered in the Baltic region
(notably Mecklenburg). This edition of his nine Eclogues is the
continuation of the documentation of German eclogue poetry in New
Latin that began in 1996 with the publication (in the same series)
of the "Bucolica" of Simon Lemnius. The text is given with a
translation and a commentary and is preceded by a source-based
Introduction to the biography and prolific oeuvre of the author. A
catalogue of the author's complete works rounds off the volume.
Thus alongside the edition of the "Eclogues" themselves the reader
is offered a compact monograph suitable as a guide for further
study of this author.
One of the most neglected areas of German humanism is the tradition
of pastoral poetry in New Latin modeled on Virgils eclogues. Among
the most prominent New Latin bucolic poets is Simon Lemnius
(1511-1550), best known otherwise for his earlier poetic broadsides
against Luther. The present edition is a major step towards a
better understanding and documentation of the specific German
contribution to the eclogue genre, one that was destined to retain
its popularity all over Europe until well into the Baroque period.
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