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Das carmen heroicum und der Krieg

Martin Opitz’ Ratispona in libertatem vindicata (1633)

The carmen heroicum and the War

Martin Opitz’s Ratispona in libertatem vindicata (1633)
In: Daphnis
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Dirk Werle Germanistisches Seminar, Universität Heidelberg, Deutschland dirk.werle@gs.uni-heidelberg.de

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Martin Opitz combines elements of the panegyric and the heroic epic in his Ratispona in libertatem vindicata, an epic poem published in 1633. By means of a narration that adapts and variates the genre tradition, he creates a future-oriented perspective of historical meaning and presents an interpretation of the historical events constituting the war that later came to be known as the Thirty Years War. In so doing, he emphatically raises the claim that the carmen heroicum’s interpretation of history is a proclamation of truth.

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