Wende oder Legende?: 400 Jahre Martin Opitzâ Buch von der Deutschen Poeterey (1624)

Astrid DrÃ¶se; JÃ¶rg Robert; Volkhard Wels

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Wende oder Legende?

400 Jahre Martin Opitzâ Buch von der Deutschen Poeterey (1624)

äºMartin Opitz und die groÃe Wende?

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Astrid DrÃ¶se

Astrid DrÃ¶se Karlsruher Institut fÃ¼r Technologie

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JÃ¶rg Robert UniversitÃ¤t TÃ¼bingen

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Volkhard Wels

Volkhard Wels Freie UniversitÃ¤t Berlin

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Marking the 400th anniversary of Martin Opitzâs Buch von der Deutschen Poeterey (1624), this essay reconsiders the workâs status as a foundational moment in German literary history. Was it a true poetic turning point â or a later critical construct? Tracing its origins, reception, and contested legacy, the study explores how Opitz came to be viewed alternately as reformer, plagiarist, legislator, and strategist. It highlights his prosodic reform, especially the enforcement of syllabic alternation aligned with the idea of language purism, and situates it within broader cultural and linguistic ambitions. Despite its reliance on humanist models, the Poeterey succeeds in vernacularizing poetic theory and style, offering both a normative framework and a repertory of exemplary forms. Far from being a mere rulebook, Opitzâs treatise emerges as a hybrid project â part pedagogy, part polemic, part nation-building. It lays thus the groundwork for a new poetic language that is at once artful and accessible, rigorously structured yet widely adaptable.

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Martin Opitz und die groÃe Wende?

400 Jahre âBuch von der Deutschen Poetereyâ (1624â2024)

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Teil I Tradition und Transfer

Teil II Konstellationen und Kontroversen

Teil III Poetik und Poemata

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