TY - BOOK ID - 78624700 TI - Literature and Religion in the German-Speaking World : From 1200 to the Present Day AU - Cooper, Ian AU - Walker, John PY - 2019 SN - 9781108418102 1108418104 9781108406512 1108406513 9781108284622 1108307728 1108284620 PB - Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Religion and literature KW - German literature KW - 244 =30 KW - 830-97 KW - 830-97 Duitse literatuur: religieuze literatuur KW - Duitse literatuur: religieuze literatuur KW - 244 =30 Litterature religieuse: recits, poesie dans un esprit religieux--Duits KW - 244 =30 Religieuze literatuur: verhalen, poezie in religieuze geest--Duits KW - Litterature religieuse: recits, poesie dans un esprit religieux--Duits KW - Religieuze literatuur: verhalen, poezie in religieuze geest--Duits KW - Literature KW - Literature and religion KW - History KW - History and criticism KW - Moral and religious aspects KW - History. KW - History and criticism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78624700 AB - The relationship between literature and religion in German is unique in the European tradition. It is essential to the definition of German, Austrian and Swiss cultural identity in both the Protestant and Catholic traditions, and is crucial to our understanding of what has been called the 'special path' of German intellectual life. Offering in-depth essays by leading scholars, Literature and Religion in the German-Speaking World analyses this relationship from the beginnings of vernacular literature in German, via the Reformation, early-modern and Enlightenment periods, to the present day. It shows how such fundamental concepts as 'subjectivity', 'identity' and 'modernity' itself arise from the interrelation between religious and secular modes of understanding, and how this interrelation is inseparable from its expression in literature. ER -