Abstract
The gallant period in German poetry stretches from 1680 to 1730, serving as a bridge between the seventeenth and the eighteenth centuries, a transition summarizing the Baroque and anticipating the Enlightenment. The most important impetus for the high point of gallant poetry was the so-called Neukirch Anthology. an immensely popular seven-volume series beginning in 1695. The anthology capitalized on the name and fame of one of the leading Baroque poets, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, publishing his love poetry which had previously had only limited circulation in manuscript form. Each volume of the anthology included sections of "galante" and "verliebte" poems, and for the next couple of decades volumes of poetry almost always had a section of "galante Gedichte" and included the word "galant" in the volume's title.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Lathrop P.
(1983)
"“Das Reimet Sich Ja Nicht?” Aspects of Wit in German Gallant Poetry,"
University of Dayton Review: Vol. 16:
No.
3, Article 7.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/udr/vol16/iss3/7
