L'Analisi Linguistica e Letteraria

Year 24 No. 2 (2016): Issue 2/2016
Articles

Barthold H. Brockes: ein aufklärerischer Umweltschützer? Die poetische Wiederentdeckung der Schöpfung im Irdischen Vergnügen in Gott

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  • Laura Bignotti

Published 12/10/2016

Keywords

  • Barthold H. Brockes,
  • nature poetry,
  • physicotheology,
  • ecocriticism,
  • Irdisches Vergnugen in Gott

How to Cite

Bignotti, L. (2016). Barthold H. Brockes: ein aufklärerischer Umweltschützer? Die poetische Wiederentdeckung der Schöpfung im Irdischen Vergnügen in Gott. L’Analisi Linguistica E Letteraria, 24(2), 89–98. Retrieved from https://www.analisilinguisticaeletteraria.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/217
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Abstract

Barthold H. Brockes’ poetry collection Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott (1721-1748) proposes a joyful celebration of every element of Creation. Influenced by the English physico-theology, this work contributed to spread a new, positive perception of immanent reality, no longer conditioned by baroque pessimism. If considered in an ecocritical perspective, these poems can be extremely relevant even today: the deep and reverent admiration for nature they express, originally geared towards the celebration of God, has the potential to point today’s readers to an empathetic and responsible relationship with nature.

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