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 how the critical reception of Gryphius has shifted in reaction to changes in German society, and focuses on the poet and playwright's ranking as one of the preeminent figures in German literary history.
Powell, Hugh. Introduction to Andreas Gryphius: Herr Peter Squentz, edited by Hugh Powell, pp. xi-lix. Leicester: Leicester University Press, 1957.
Provides a detailed overview of seventeenth-century German society and German literature, including Gryphius's entire comedic oeuvre and the plot, source, editions, and performances of Absurd Comedy; or, Mr. Peter Squentz.
Schindler, Marvin. “Interpretations of ‘Es Ist Alles Eitel’: The Changing Face of Gryphius Criticism.” Modern Language Quarterly 28, no. 2 (June 1967): 159-66.
Offers insight into the shifts in critical reception of Gryphius's sonnet “Es ist alles eitel.”
Stackhouse, Janifer Gerl. “In Defense of Gryphius' Historical Accuracy: The Missing Source for Carolus Stuardus.” Journal of English and Germanic Philology 71, no. 4 (October 1972): 466-72.
Proposes that the source document for Gryphius's Murdered Majesty; or, Charles Stuart, King of Great Britain is the biography A Short View of the Life and Reign of King Charles (1658), written by Peter Heylyn, a chaplain in Charles's court who shared Gryphius's belief in the divine right of kings.
Tisch, J. Hermann. Andreas Gryphius: Leo Armenius, pp. 1-27. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: Hobart, 1968.
Originally delivered as a lecture at the University of Tasmania in 1967; offers a thorough analysis of Leo Armenius.
Additional coverage of Gryphius's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Concise Dictionary of World Literary Biography, Vol. 2; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 164; and Reference Guide to World Literature, Ed. 2.
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