Download or read book Two Gryphius Tragedies in English Translation written by Janifer Gerl Stackhouse, PH D and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do the first tragic plays of Andreas Gryphius (1616-1664) shed light on today's political unrest and religious controversies in the Middle East and the Caucasus? Frequent updates remind us that revolt, imprisonment, torture, execution, and beheading still transpire in these regions. Such reports unveil remarkable parallels to the shocking and detailed accounts offered by Gryphius in his first two tragedies. The neighboring powers of Iran, Russia, and Turkey continue to exert influence on nearby minor states. Regional conflict among religions and between forces vying for political power remains the same today as during the lifetime of Gryphius. Such discord also triggered the earlier historic events he drew upon in his tragedies to proclaim the vanity of a transitory world. His plays explore the themes of justice, both human and divine, and conflict in politics, religion, and society as revealed through the destinies of specific historic characters. They voice the tragic continuum of human folly. In 1646 Gryphius selected a remarkable historic event from the year 820, the murder of the Byzantine emperor Leo Armenius, for his first tragedy. His second tragedy, Catharine of Georgia, depicts the 1624 execution of the Georgian queen at the command of Shah Abbas I of Persia. Although these tragedies recapture events occurring eight hundred years apart, both deal with issues very familiar to contemporaries of Gryphius. Now, yet another four hundred years later, these regional problems continue to threaten world peace and stability. Because these issues underlie current news reports that reach us daily, the historical tragedies of Gryphius remain contemporary and compelling. The Stackhouse translations introduce a new reading audience to the first tragedies by the father of German drama. Although many important European works have become accessible internationally in English translation, the gems of German baroque drama have remained unavailable to non-readers of German until now. The time is ripe for Gryphius to emerge from the wings and appear on the stage of world drama! In addition to two five-act dramas with choruses, the book includes: Brief Gryphius Biography Introductions to both tragedies, with full text of Gryphius' sources, his informative "Dear Reader" letters, and other related materials Critical new examination of explanatory notes Gryphius appended to each drama Select Annotated Bibliography
Download or read book The Constructive Art of Gryphius Historical Tragedies written by Janifer Gerl Stackhouse and published by Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study clarifies how Gryphius worked with a variety of source materials to artistically construct his four historical tragedies. Three conventional dramatic forms and techniques (choruses, poeticized monologues or Prunkreden, and visionary phenomena) are examined to determine how he poetically heightened his source material to proclaim vanitas mundi and the corollary message of gloria coeli. His creative use of these traditional conventions established the procedural mode of drama construction followed in Germany until the end of his century.
Download or read book Imagination and Fantasy in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time written by Albrecht Classen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The notions of other peoples, cultures, and natural conditions have always been determined by the epistemology of imagination and fantasy, providing much freedom and creativity, and yet have also created much fear, anxiety, and horror. In this regard, the pre-modern world demonstrates striking parallels with our own insofar as the projections of alterity might be different by degrees, but they are fundamentally the same by content. Dreams, illusions, projections, concepts, hopes, utopias/dystopias, desires, and emotional attachments are as specific and impactful as the physical environment. This volume thus sheds important light on the various lenses used by people in the Middle Ages and the early modern age as to how they came to terms with their perceptions, images, and notions. Previous scholarship focused heavily on the history of mentality and history of emotions, whereas here the history of pre-modern imagination, and fantasy assumes center position. Imaginary things are taken seriously because medieval and early modern writers and artists clearly reveal their great significance in their works and their daily lives. This approach facilitates a new deep-structure analysis of pre-modern culture.
Download or read book Shakespeare in Germany in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries With Texts of 6 plays by J Ayrer and others In Germ and Engl 2 pt written by Albert Cohn and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Companion to Tragedy written by Rebecca Bushnell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Tragedy is an essential resource for anyone interested in exploring the role of tragedy in Western history and culture. Tells the story of the historical development of tragedy from classical Greece to modernity Features 28 essays by renowned scholars from multiple disciplines, including classics, English, drama, anthropology and philosophy Broad in its scope and ambition, it considers interpretations of tragedy through religion, philosophy and history Offers a fresh assessment of Ancient Greek tragedy and demonstrates how the practice of reading tragedy has changed radically in the past two decades
Download or read book Shakespeare in Germany in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries written by Albert Cohn and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religious Drama and the Humanist Tradition Christian Theater in Germany and in the Netherlands 1500 1680 written by J.A. Parente Jr. and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-08-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries written by Henry Hallam and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 862 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A History of Roman Literature 2 vols written by M. von Albrecht and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 1864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael von Albrecht's A History of Roman Literature, originally published in German, can rightly be seen as the long awaited counterpart to Albin Lesky's Geschichte der Griechischen Literatur. In what will probably be the last survey made by a single scholar the whole of Latin literature from Livius Andronicus up to Boethius comes to the fore. 'Literature' is taken here in its broad, antique sense, and therefore also includes e.g. rhetoric, philosophy and history. Special attention has been given to the influence of Latin literature on subsequent centuries down to our own days. Extensive indices give access to this monument of learning. The introductions in Von Albrecht's texts, together with the large bibliographies make further study both more fruitful and easy.
Download or read book The Encyclop dia Britannica written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dutch Literature in the Age of Rembrandt written by Maria A. Schenkeveld and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dutch literature of the 17th century, while not as famous as other elements of the culture of the Dutch Golden Age, deserves independent focus, not only because of its own intrinsic worth, but also because of the evidence of strong social concern that it presents and the light it sheds on other aspects of the Golden Age. Despite this, outside the Netherlands the literature has not been examined closely, undoubtedly because of the language barrier, but also because there is no reasonable introduction to the material in English. This book fills that lacuna. Richly illustrated, it groups its subjects thematically: politics, religion, nature, daily life. Because Golden Age painting, in particular, is so famous, the book devotes a special chapter to the connection between poetry and painting. A concluding chapter shows the republic's function as a European literary trading center with brisk import and export. Included also are texts and translations of poems and extensive bibliographies for further study.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of German Literature written by Matthias Konzett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 1159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to provide English readers of German literature the opportunity to familiarize themselves with both the established canon and newly emerging literatures that reflect the concerns of women and ethnic minorities, the Encyclopedia of German Literature includes more than 500 entries on writers, individual work, and topics essential to an understanding of this rich literary tradition. Drawing on the expertise of an international group of experts, the essays in the encyclopedia reflect developments of the latest scholarship in German literature, culture, and history and society. In addition to the essays, author entries include biographies and works lists; and works entries provide information about first editions, selected critical editions, and English-language translations. All entries conclude with a list of further readings.
Download or read book Works written by Henry Hallam and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
