The end of Fortuna and the rise of modernity / / edited by Arndt Brendecke and Peter Vogt

• Pubblicazione: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, , [2017]; ©2017
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 809/.93351
• Soggetto topico: Fortune in literature; Chance in literature; Fate and fatalism in literature; Literature and society - History; Civilization, Modern
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): BrendeckeArndt; VogtPeter <1971->
• Note generali: "The articles collected in this volume have arisen from lectures presented in March 2015 upon invitation from the research centre "Fundamente der Moderne" of the Ludwig Maximilians University Munich." -- Chapter one.; Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Content -- The Late Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity -- The Relationship between Regularity and Irregularity in Middle High German Poems on Fortuna -- Fortuna’s Sea Change -- Justus Lipsius (1547–1606): Fortune and War -- Fortuna Revalued -- Fortuna in Seventeenth Century Spain -- The Death of Fortuna and the Rise of Modernity -- Farewell to Fortuna – Turning towards Fatum -- Fortuna in Early Modern Sweden -- La Fortune victime des Lumières ? -- List of Illustrations -- Index of Persons
• Sommario/riassunto: "What was the end of fortuna? The contributions aim at investigating the question whether there does exist a historical link between the last and manifold blossoming of a discourse on "Fortuna" between the late 16th and the early 17th century, the final demise of such a discourse roughly after mid-17th century, and the rise of modernity" --
• Titolo autorizzato: The end of Fortuna and the rise of modernity
• ISBN: 3-11-045259-6; 3-11-045504-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910466750503321
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