Articles liés à Knowledge, Science, and Literature in Early Modern...

Knowledge, Science, and Literature in Early Modern Germany - Couverture rigide

 
9781469656465: Knowledge, Science, and Literature in Early Modern Germany

Synopsis

Early modern Germany saw the dissemination of vast quantities of information at unprecedented speed. Popular knowledge, scientific inquiry, and scholarship influenced the political order, poetic expression, public opinion, and mechanisms of social control. This collection presents twelve essays by distinguished scholars regarding the transcendent nature of the Divine, the natural world, the body, sexuality, intellectual property, aesthetics, demons, and witches.

The contributors are Thomas Cramer, Walter Haug, C. Stephen Jaeger, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Jan-Dirk Måller, James A. Parente, Jr., Stephan K. Schindler, Gerhard F. Strasser, Lynne Tatlock, Elaine Tennant, Horst Wenzel, and Gerhild Scholz Williams.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l'auteur

Gerhild Scholz Williams is professor of German and comparative literature at Washington University. Stephan K. Schindler is assistant professor of German at Washington University.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.