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GERMAN: GERMAN LITERATURE FROM 1500 TO 1740

GERMAN: GERMAN LITERATURE FROM 1500 TO 1740 J. M. CLARK In the field of MHG. drama we find an investigation of Nativity Plays.4 F. 0. Knoll denies the influence of secular literature (the Minnesang) in the Magdalene scenes of Passion Plays.4 A. Dorrer writes authoritatively on the prevalence of Mystery Plays in the Tirol,43 GERMAN LITERATURE FROM I500 TO I740 By G. WATERHOUSE I. General HE series 'Deutsche Literatur in Entwicklungsreihen' again provides the bulk of the material for this period. A. E. Berger throws light on the general polemics of the Reformation period in his introduction to a selection from Murner and Daniel von Soest. On the whole, Catholic controversialists were at a disadvantage, as their thesis was less capable of expression in popular language than Luther's drastic restatement of Christian principles. Murner, who clung to the tradition of the popular moralizing sermon, is an exception. He differs also from most Catholic writers in preferring attack to defence as the more effective form of controversy. Daniel von Soest, on Low German soil, shows the same ease of colloquial expression as Murner, but his knowledge of Luther's writings is largely second-hand and inadequate for his purpose. The chief interest of his Gemeyne Bicht is local, and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies Brill

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J. M. CLARK In the field of MHG. drama we find an investigation of Nativity Plays.4 F. 0. Knoll denies the influence of secular literature (the Minnesang) in the Magdalene scenes of Passion Plays.4 A. Dorrer writes authoritatively on the prevalence of Mystery Plays in the Tirol,43 GERMAN LITERATURE FROM I500 TO I740 By G. WATERHOUSE I. General HE series 'Deutsche Literatur in Entwicklungsreihen' again provides the bulk of the material for this period. A. E. Berger throws light on the general polemics of the Reformation period in his introduction to a selection from Murner and Daniel von Soest. On the whole, Catholic controversialists were at a disadvantage, as their thesis was less capable of expression in popular language than Luther's drastic restatement of Christian principles. Murner, who clung to the tradition of the popular moralizing sermon, is an exception. He differs also from most Catholic writers in preferring attack to defence as the more effective form of controversy. Daniel von Soest, on Low German soil, shows the same ease of colloquial expression as Murner, but his knowledge of Luther's writings is largely second-hand and inadequate for his purpose. The chief interest of his Gemeyne Bicht is local, and

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