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Offenbarung und Episteme
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 210.00For the first time, these proceedings from an interdisciplinary and international symposium use a broad foundation of sources to examine the first period (1620?1790) in the history of the major European impact of Jakob Böhme, a history that extended well into the 20th century. The contributors reveal the conflicted and contrasting patterns and modalities... more...
Antike U Abendland 2007
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2007; US$ 246.00The ANTIKE UND ABENDLAND yearbook was founded immediately after the Second World War by Bruno Snell as a forum for interdisciplinary discussion of topics from Antiquity and the history of their later effects. The Editorial Board contains representatives from the disciplines of Classical Studies, Ancient History, Germanic Studies, Romance Studies... more...
Antike und Abendland (2008)
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2008; US$ 221.00The ANTIKE UND ABENDLAND yearbook was founded immediately after the Second World War by Bruno Snell as a forum for interdisciplinary discussion of topics from Antiquity and the history of their later effects. The Editorial Board contains representatives from the disciplines of Classical Studies, Ancient History, Germanic Studies, Romance Studies and... more...
Militia et Litterae
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00Miklos Zrínyi the Elder (died 1566) and his great-grandson and namesake (died 1664), the general, politician, poet and educated man of the world, are the topics of this work, not only as great names in Hungarian history but also as European figures of inestimable charisma. Numerous texts from the culture of the Old Reich bear witness to this? reports,... more...
Der problematische Prophet
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 210.00The Old Testament Book of Jonah has attracted considerable attention ever since ancient Christian times and has stimulated the production of numerous commentaries, sermons, poetical compositions and visual depictions. Indeed, the story of Jonah has provoked heterogeneous adaptions even in the realm of contemporary literature. This volume contains studies... more...
Alchemie und Poesie
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 182.00Since the 1970s, ?Alchemy and Poetry? has presented revised and updated versions of previously published studies, as well as original studies and texts. As a compilation, they constitute an ?alchemical Parnassus? without parallel in the historiography of literature in the German language. Based on numerous historical records in manuscript form and... more...
Johannes Bisselius: Deliciae Veris ? Frühlingsfreuden
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 210.00In 1638, the Jesuit, poet, preacher, and historian from Upper Swabia, Johannes Bisselius (1601?1682) published the first volume of his seasonal poem Deliciae Veris. These ?Pleasures of Spring? are a subtly composed, stylistically unique cycle inspired by multiple motivations. The poem cycle is presented here for the first time in a modern edition with... more...
1624-1631
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 349.00Martin Opitz (1597?1639), poet, literary reformer, diplomat and cultural politician, is known as the ?Father of German Poetry?. As an important representative of Late European Humanism he did in fact write a large proportion of his works in Latin, a fact of which hitherto little account has been taken. The present edition publishes all his Latin texts,... more...
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