Early New High German literature
German literature from the mid 14th to the mid 17th century
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Early New High German literature refers to literature written in German between the middle of the 14th century and the middle of the 17th. The term Early Modern German literature is also used to cover all or part of the same period.[1]
The fundamental development from Middle High German literature was
the giving up of a small range of literary subjects which had been of vital interest to a chivalrous society eclectic in its tastes, and the adoption of a wider, more complex, range of subjects interesting a wider public which was not chivalrous but citizen.[2]
Key authors and works
Authors
- Götz von Berlichingen
- Ulrich Boner
- Sebastian Brant
- Johann Fischart
- Hans Folz
- Ulrich Füetrer
- Sebastian Franck
- Andreas Gryphius
- Ulrich von Hutten
- Heinrich Kaufringer
- Daniel Casper von Lohenstein
- Martin Luther
- Martin Opitz
- Hans Rosenplüt
- Hans Sachs
- Johannes von Tepl
- Georg Wickram
- Heinrich Wittenwiler
- Oswald von Wolkenstein
- Niklas von Wyle
