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IMAGERY SOURCES IN THE POETICS OF ANDREAS GRYPHIUS
FONTES IMAGÉTICAS NA POÉTICA DE ANDREAS GRYPHIUS
Jack Brandão
We intend to reflect on the use of imagery elements and their sources in the German 17th century and demonstrate that Baroque literature does not have to be understood as a poetic of personal experiences in the contemporary sense. Andreas Gryphius, as the artist inserted in the social context of the German Baroque, was immersed in a sea of images and topics, making great use of these in his poetic work. For that, he used as an inspired source not only the auctoritas but also some books of emblems that circulated in Europe in the 17th century, like the Bible, since the period was also impregnated with sacred elements.
