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Anthologische Autorschaft und Kollektionspoetik in Martin Opitz’ Florilegium variorum epigrammatum (1639)

Anthological Authorship and Collection Poetry in Martin Opitz’s Anthology of Various Epigrams (1639)

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Jörg Robert Deutsches Seminar, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Tübingen Deutschland

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Abstract

This article examines the role of collections and anthologies in the work of Martin Opitz (1597–1639). In order to distinguish between different functions of anthological authorship and ‘collection poetics’, it introduces three categories auctorcollectoreditor and discusses them using examples from Opitz’s works: In the case of the Teutsche Poemata (Collection A), Julius W. Zincgref exploits the role of auctor, which Opitz regains with his Breslau Collection B. Bernhard Nüßler presents himself in the Silvae as the legitimate editor of Opitz’ Latin poems. In the two volumes of the Florilegium variorum epigrammatum (Danzig 1639), Opitz himself – following his teacher Elias Cüchler – collects and translates Greek and Latin epigrams from antiquity and the early modern period. The anthology seeks to demonstrate the linguistic richness of German by comparing it with the ancient languages. Through its chronological order (from antiquity to modern times) the Florilegium becomes an anthological literary history that includes both literary and inscriptional epigrams.

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