Harsderffer, George Philip

Georg Philip Harsdorffer

Georg Philipp Harsdörffer ( German: Georg Philipp Harsdörffer ; November 1, 1607 , Fischbach, Nuremberg - September 17, 1658 , Nuremberg ) - German writer of the Baroque era: prose writer , poet , translator , scholar.

Founder and head of the Nuremberg School of Poetry. Member of the literary "Fruitful Society" (in which he was under the name " der Spielende "). In 1644, together with Johann Clay founded the literary society Blumenorden .

Content

Biography

Studied at Altdorf University .

He traveled to Europe, visiting Switzerland , France , Holland , England and Italy . ^[one]

Creativity

Figured poem by G.F. Harsserffer in the form of a power

The poetry of G.F. .

In his non-artistic works, G.F. Harsderffer, who was distinguished by encyclopedic interests, touched upon various questions of poetics and the theory of literature , art , religion , mathematics , the natural sciences , culture , etiquette . ^[five]

Compositions

Frauenzimmer Gesprächspiele , 8 Bde. (1641-1649). - “I will give conversation games”, 8 vols. (salon games in dialogs, “if you like, the ladies' encyclopedia in an entertaining way” ^[4] )
- Das geistlich Waldgedicht oder Freudenspiel, genant Seelewig (1644) (libretto of one of the first German operas; music by Z. T. Staden )
Poetischer Trichter-die Teutsche Dicht- und Reimkunst ohne Behuf der lateinischen Sprache, in VI Stunden einzugießen (1647-1653). - “A poetic funnel with which you can master the German art of writing and poetry at 6 o’clock without resorting to Latin” (treatise on poetic art)
Hertzbewegliche Sonntagsandachten (1649–1652)
Der Grosse Schau-Platz Jämmerlicher Mord-Geschichte (1649-1650)
Der Grosse Schau-Platz Lust- und Lehr-reicher Geschichte (1650-1651)
Nathan und Jotham (1650-1651)
Ars Apophthegmatica , 2 Bde. (1655-1656) (collection of 6000 apothegms )

Notes

↑ Georg Philipp Harsdörffer // The Oxford Companion to German Literature / H. Garland, M. Garland. Oxford University Press.
↑ German literature. II. From the 30-year war to the early Enlightenment [XVII century] // Literary Encyclopedia: In 11 vols. M., 1929-1939.
↑ Bonch-Osmolovskaya T. The practice of creating literary works based on combinatorial principles in European literature from the late Latin era to the present (report at the conference “Poetic readings in memory of M. Gasparov” (Moscow, Russian State Humanitarian University, June 30 - July 1, 2006). [1]
↑ ¹ ² Mikhailov A.V. Baroque poetics: the end of the rhetorical era .
↑ Georg Philipp Harsdoerffer // Dictionary of Literary Biography.

Literature

Garsdorfer // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.

[1] Georg Philipp Harsdörffer // The Oxford Companion to German Literature / H. Garland, M. Garland. Oxford University Press.

[2] German literature. II. From the 30-year war to the early Enlightenment [XVII century] // Literary Encyclopedia: In 11 vols. M., 1929-1939.

[3] Bonch-Osmolovskaya T. The practice of creating literary works based on combinatorial principles in European literature from the late Latin era to the present (report at the conference “Poetic readings in memory of M. Gasparov” (Moscow, Russian State Humanitarian University, June 30 - July 1, 2006). [1]

[autogenerated1-4] ¹ ² Mikhailov A.V. Baroque poetics: the end of the rhetorical era .

[5] Georg Philipp Harsdoerffer // Dictionary of Literary Biography.