Literary Criticism (1400-1800)

Gryphius, Andreas | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Leighton, Joseph. “Andreas Gryphius's Sonnet ‘Über des Herrn Gefängnus.’” German Life and Letters 41, no. 4 (July 1988): 381-83.

Contends that the revisions Gryphius made to his sonnet “Über des Herrn Gefängnus” prove the poet's technical and rhetorical skills, as each change strengthened the poem's form and content.

Menhennet, A. “The Three Functions of Hugo Peter in Gryphius's Carolus Stuardus.Modern Language Review 68, no. 4 (October 1973): 839-42.

Illustrates how Gryphius changed the character of Hugo Peter when he revised the 1657 version of Murdered Majesty; or, Charles Stuart, King of Great Britain in 1663.

Metzger, Erika A. and Michael M. Metzger. Reading Andreas Gryphius: Critical Trends, 1664-1993. Columbia, S.C.: Camden House, 1994, 155 p.

Comprehensive study of three centuries of Gryphius scholarship. Examines...

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