The Political Dramaturgy of Nicodemus Frischlin Essays on Humanist Drama in Germany

• Hoofdauteur: Price, David (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1990
• Reeks: UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
• Onderwerpen: Literature: history & criticism; German studies; Literature; Theatre and Drama
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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This is the first comprehensive study of the dramas of Nicodemus Frischlin (1547-1590), one of the most versatile and complex playwrights of early modern Germany. Frischlin's broad range encompassed biblical, confessional, and historical drama, all of which expressed bold social and political criticism. His plays were influential, frequently printed and translated, and often controversial. He ended his short life trying to escape prison, where he was being held for threatening further political publications. Price analyzes Frischlin's dramatic output, as well as humanist literary theory, in particular Renaissance approaches to rhetoric and imitation, to explain how humanists modified or even subverted classical forms to accommodate political and theological activism.

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1 electronic resource (168 p.)

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9781469656656_Price

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Open Access