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Knowledge, Science, and Literature in Early Modern Germany

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Early modern Germany saw the dissemination of vast quantities of information at unprecedented speed. Popular knowledge, scientific inquiry, and scholarship influenced the political order, poetic expression, public opinion, and mechanisms of social control. This collection presents twelve essays by d...

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Other Authors: Scholz Williams, Gerhild (Editor), Schindler, Stephan K. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University of North Carolina Press 1996
Series:UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures 116
Subjects:
Literature: history & criticism
German Studies
Literature
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Summary:Early modern Germany saw the dissemination of vast quantities of information at unprecedented speed. Popular knowledge, scientific inquiry, and scholarship influenced the political order, poetic expression, public opinion, and mechanisms of social control. This collection presents twelve essays by distinguished scholars regarding the transcendent nature of the Divine, the natural world, the body, sexuality, intellectual property, aesthetics, demons, and witches. The contributors are Thomas Cramer, Walter Haug, C. Stephen Jaeger, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Jan-Dirk Måller, James A. Parente, Jr., Stephan K. Schindler, Gerhard F. Strasser, Lynne Tatlock, Elaine Tennant, Horst Wenzel, and Gerhild Scholz Williams.
Physical Description:1 electronic resource (328 p.)
ISBN:9781469656472_Williams
Access:Open Access

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