Abstract

In this paper we explore over a hundred plays to investigate Shakespeare’s Impact on German Drama. We compare eighteenth-century works with translations of Shakespeare and with the contemporary critical (poetological) discourse surrounding the relative merits and demerits of their formal composition. We find that the plays of the Sturm und Drang best represent Shakespeare’s influence. But we also find that Sturm and Drang plays are not as innovative as they are usually seen (because of their deviation of the place and time poetics) - at least in a formal manner, they are strongly oriented towards rule based poetics.

BibTeX

@incollection{ Willand2020ab,
   Title = { { Surveying Shakespeare’s Impact on German Drama: Taking a Computational Approach to an Epoch } },
   Address = { Bethlehem, PA, },
   Author = { Marcus Willand and Nils Reiter },
   Editor = { Sandro Jung and Michael Wood },
   Booktitle = { Anglo-German Dramatic and Poetic Cultures: New Perspectives on Exchange in the Sattelzeit. Bethlehem },
   Pages = { 117-143 },
   Publisher = { Lehigh UP },
   Year = { 2020 }
}

RIS

TY - 
TI - Surveying Shakespeare’s Impact on German Drama: Taking a Computational Approach to an Epoch
AU - Marcus Willand
AU - Nils Reiter
PY - 2020
CY - Bethlehem, PA,
ID - Willand2020ab
PB - Lehigh UP
J2 - Anglo-German Dramatic and Poetic Cultures: New Perspectives on Exchange in the Sattelzeit. Bethlehem
ER -