Title: Eschatologie und Soteriologie in der Dichtung
Description: Johann Gottfried Herder's paraphrase of the Apocalypse Maran Atha (1779) and Johann Caspar Lavater's "Messiah" epics (1780/1783-1786) provide evidence that the tradition of Christian verse did not end, by any means, with the completion of Klopstock's "Messiah," as has been assumed by literary historians. Based on Herder's and Lavater's works, this study is the first detailed examination of the importance of German Christian verse after Klopstock. --
Subjects: German poetry, History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, German Christian poetry, Christian poetry, history and criticism, Klopstock, friedrich gottlieb, 1724-1803, Herder, johann gottfried, 1744-1803, German poetry, history and criticism, Eschatology in literature
People: Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724-1803), Johann Caspar Lavater (1741-1801), Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803)
Time periods: 18th century