IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 1119: Humanism and the Contempt of the World
Wednesday 13 July 2005, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Graduiertenkolleg 'Gesellschaftliche Symbolik im Mittelalter', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster |
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Organiser: | Vera Johanterwage, Graduiertenkolleg 'Gesellschaftliche Symbolik im Mittelalter', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
Moderator/Chair: | Vera Johanterwage, Graduiertenkolleg 'Gesellschaftliche Symbolik im Mittelalter', Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster |
Paper 1119-a | The Contempt of the World in Early German Humanism (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - German, Religious Life |
Paper 1119-b | Humanist Tragedy and the Contempt of the World (Language: English) Index terms: Language and Literature - Latin, Performance Art - Drama |
Abstract | Almut Breitenbach will discuss to which extent the contempt of the world-literature was modelled on Lotario de Segni's ""De miseria humanae conditionis"". While Italian humanists wrote tracts about the magnificence of Man, the contempt of the world and the futility of human life were still common motives in the early humanist circles in Germany. Their role especially in the early Augsburg humanist group will be explored. |