The Political Dramaturgy of Nicodemus Frischlin Essays on Humanist Drama in Germany
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 c...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Press
1990
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| Series: | UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (168 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781469656656_Price |
| Access: | Open Access |