The Political Dramaturgy of Nicodemus Frischlin : Essays on Humanist Drama in Germany
Price, David
The Political Dramaturgy of Nicodemus Frischlin : Essays on Humanist Drama in Germany - Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1990 - 1 electronic resource (168 p.)
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9781469656656_Price
10.5149/9781469656656_Price doi
Literature: history & criticism
German studies Literature Theatre and Drama
The Political Dramaturgy of Nicodemus Frischlin : Essays on Humanist Drama in Germany - Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 1990 - 1 electronic resource (168 p.)
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
9781469656656_Price
10.5149/9781469656656_Price doi
Literature: history & criticism
German studies Literature Theatre and Drama