Literature and religion in the German-speaking world: from 1200 to the present day
"The relationship between literature and religion in German is unique in the European tradition. It is essential to the definition of German, Austrian and Swiss cultural identity in both the Protestant and Catholic traditions and crucial to our understanding of what has been called the 'sp...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
German language
/ Literature
/ Religion (Motif)
/ History 1200-2018
B German language / Literature / Religion / Geschichte 1200-2019^ |
| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion CD Christianity and Culture KBB German language area |
| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B German Literature History and criticism B Religion and literature (Europe, German-speaking) History |
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| Summary: | "The relationship between literature and religion in German is unique in the European tradition. It is essential to the definition of German, Austrian and Swiss cultural identity in both the Protestant and Catholic traditions and crucial to our understanding of what has been called the 'special path' of German intellectual life. Offering in-depth essays by leading scholars, Literature and Religion in the German-Speaking World analyses this relationship from the beginnings of vernacular literature in German, via the Reformation, early-modern and Enlightenment periods, to the present day. It shows how such fundamental concepts as 'subjectivity', 'identity' and 'modernity' itself arise from the interrelation between religious and secular modes of understanding, and how this interrelation is inseparable from its expression in literature"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 323-341 |
| ISBN: | 1108418104 |