The Reception of English Puritan Literature in Germany

This
is the first study to demonstrate the impact of Puritan literature on the
development of German language and literature in the seventeenth century and
beyond. It crosses the boundaries of theology, literature, and the English and
German traditions to show that eighteenth-century secular thinking on
introspection, psychology and subjectivity has its roots in vocabulary used in
Germany as early as 1665 through the translation of figures such as Daniel Dyke
and Richard Baxter. The book concludes with insights on John Bunyan, whose
works inspired writers of the 'Geniegeneration' such as Lenz, Wieland, Moritz
and Jung-Stilling.