Poetik â Gattungswissen â Literaturvergleich: Julius Caesar Scaliger und Martin Opitz

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Julius Caesar Scaliger und Martin Opitz

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Oliver GrÃ¼tter UniversitÃ¤t TÃ¼bingen

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.30965/9783846769867_006

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Julius Caesar Scaligerâs Poetices libri septem (published posthumously in 1561) is one of the most significant reference texts that Martin Opitz drew upon when writing his Buch von der Deutschen Poeterey (1624). This paper addresses the relationship between the two poetics on three levels: Firstly, it examines the respective positions of Opitz and Scaliger in the debate about ars and natura and argues that both poetics converge in a verse aesthetics that establishes symmetria or evenness as a supreme principle. Secondly, the study analyzes how Opitz adapts Scaligerâs genre system from the Poetices libri for his theory of poetry and re-arranges the traditional genre knowledge in his writing. Thirdly, the article shows that Opitz adopts the principle of literary comparison (synkrisis/comparatio) from Scaliger in order to demonstrate the aesthetic merit of his verse reform. Overall, this paper challenges assessments in earlier research that characterize Opitzâ engagement with Scaliger as haphazard or thoughtless, highlighting the potential of systematic survey.

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Martin Opitz und die groÃe Wende?

400 Jahre âBuch von der Deutschen Poetereyâ (1624â2024)

Series:Â Poesis, Volume: 14

E-Book ISBN:: 9783846769867

Publisher:: Brill | Fink

Print Publication Date:: 23 Jan 2026

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- Literature and Cultural Studies
  - Literature, Arts & Science

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Teil I Tradition und Transfer

Teil II Konstellationen und Kontroversen

Teil III Poetik und Poemata

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Poetik â Gattungswissen â Literaturvergleich

Julius Caesar Scaliger und Martin Opitz

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Martin Opitz und die groÃe Wende?

400 Jahre âBuch von der Deutschen Poetereyâ (1624â2024)

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Poetik â Gattungswissen â Literaturvergleich

Martin Opitz und die groÃe Wende?

400 Jahre âBuch von der Deutschen Poetereyâ (1624â2024)