Knowledge, Science, and Literature in Early Modern Germany
J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte
Paperback 330 pages English Oct 01, 2020
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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 MΓ₯ller, James A. Parente, Jr., Stephan K. Schindler, Gerhard F. Strasser, Lynne Tatlock, Elaine Tennant, Horst Wenzel, and Gerhild Scholz Williams.
- Author:
- Gerhild Scholz Williams, Stephan K. Schindler
- Publisher:
- J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte
- Publication Date:
- Oct 01, 2020
- Number of pages:
- 330 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1469656469
- ISBN-13:
- 9781469656465