German Baroque Literature Casper Lohenstein Silesian Poetry Playwright 1St Ed Hc

by Alberto Martino

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.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } Daniel Casper von Lohenstein Band I: 1661 - 1800 by Alberto Martino Aus dem Italienischen von Heribert Streicher Published by Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tubingen, 1978. First German Edition. German text. Very good hardcover, in very good dustjacket. Tight binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated, 8vo, XV, 458 pages plus 30 plates. Daniel Casper (1635-1683), also spelled Daniel Caspar, and referred to from 1670 as Daniel Casper von Lohenstein, was a Baroque Silesian playwright, lawyer, diplomat, poet, and chief representative of the Second Silesian School. Although certainly a Baroque poet and part of the well-known Silesian school, Casper produced plays that clearly move beyond the traditional Christian orientation and the tendency to allegorize as commonly pursued by his contemporaries – such as Andreas Gryphius and Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau. His texts were deeply influenced by the contemporary classicist French drama and by ancient Roman literary material, in particular by Seneca. Casper had no difficulties to move beyond the standard alexandrine verse meter, especially when his protagonists voiced profound emotional turmoil, freely employing different metrical patterns as seemed more convenient. Often his dramas are determined by extreme forms of violence. Loc: E16 StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedback GERMAN BAROQUE LITERATURE CASPER LOHENSTEIN SILESIAN POETRY PLAYWRIGHT 1ST ED HC #elm-7 .fa:bef

• Publisher: Max Niemeyer
• Year: 1978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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