Paul Fleming

Gerhart Hoffmeister (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Ed. by Gerhard P. Knapp, University of Utah
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.4.1: German-language Writing and Culture: Germany, 500-present.
Vol. editors: Gerhard P. Knapp (University of Utah), Jennifer Marston William (Purdue University), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jill E. Twark (East Carolina University)

Dates

Born 5 Oct 1609
Died 2 Apr 1640
Activity 1629-1640

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Born in Germany
Active in Germany; Russia

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One of the leading poets of the German Baroque, Paul Fleming was a master of the poetic conventions of his Neo-Latin, Romance and German predecessors and contemporaries, but he surpassed them through innovative combinations and techniques that brought his lyrical output close to the threshold of the “confessional poetry” (

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) later developed by Johann Christian Günther (1695-1723) and the young Goethe. Fleming himself was quite conscious of his achievements as a poet, as his own epitaph (“Grabschrift für sich selbst”) confirms: “Mein Schall floh überweit. Kein Landsmann sang mir gleich [...] Man wird mich nennen hören / Bis dass die letzte Glut dies alles wird verstören” [“My reputation spread everywhere. No countryman sang like me [...] My name will be…

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Citation: Hoffmeister, Gerhart. "Paul Fleming". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 June 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5658, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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