Author: Häfner, Ralph.
Title: Götter im Exil. Frühneuzeitliches Dichtungsverständnis im Spannungsfeld christlicher Apologetik und philologischer Kritik (ca. 1590-1736).
Description: Tübingen, Max Niemeyer Verlag, [2012]. XXXI,716 pp. Orig. hardcover (boards). 8vo. (Frühe Neuzeit, Band 80). [ISBN: 9783484365803].Reprint of the 2003 edition. - Text in German. Publisher's retail price: € 209.95. - - This volume traces the cognitive changes to which the understanding of literature was exposed from the late 16th century onwards. Engagement with the literature of antiquity was determined by the development of a philological form of criticism that was at odds with Christian apologetics in a time of confessional dissension. Seen thus, 'modern' literature from Opitz to Brockes appears as an integral part of a much more comprehensive culture of scholarly endeavour. The author paints a graphic picture of the unity and tensions evident in the European respublica litteraria of the early modern age, complete with the social and intellectual constants and upheavals it was also subject to.

Keywords: Literature Letterkunde