1st Edition
Classical Rhetoric and the German Poet 1620 to the Present - Study of Opitz, Burger and Eichendorff
By Anna Carrdus
Copyright 1996
276 Pages
by
Routledge
276 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study relates theory to the details of poetic practice. it presents Opitz, Burger and Aichendorff as representatives of their times and demonstrates how they adapt the classical arts to their particular talents and beliefs. All three poets are shown at work within a tradition flexible enough to persist even into the present. The author shows how the influence of rhetoric on German poetry did... Read more
1: The Relationship between Theory and Poetry; 2: Martin Opitz: Rhetoric and Consolation; 3: Gottfried August Bürger: Rhetoric and ‘Volkspoesie’; 4: Joseph von Eichendorff: Rhetoric and Hieroglyph; 5: General Conclusion
Biography
Anna Carrdus
