TY - BOOK AU - Roloff,Hans-Gert AU - Weise,Christian AU - Susen,Gerd Hermann TI - Romane I: [Die drey Haupt-Verderber in Teutschland/Vorgestellet von Siegmund Gleichviele] T2 - Ausgaben Deutscher Literatur des 15. Bis 18. Jahrhunderts Ser. SN - 9783110194302 AV - PT1745 -- .L5 2006eb U1 - 843.4 PY - 2006/// CY - Berlin/Boston PB - De Gruyter, Inc. KW - German literature KW - Lohenstein, Daniel Casper von, -- 1635-1683 -- Criticism and interpretation KW - Electronic books N2 - Volumes 17 to 19 of Christian Weise's Complete Works present what are known as his political novels. The novels are highly significant for the history both of the genre and of society. Weise composed them as symbols of his political philosophy and wrote them for the training of the new caste of bourgeois officials, who had to behave 'skilfully' - i. e. 'politically' - in the service of the courts. The four novels are of central importance for Middle German literature in the second half of the 17th century UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/buse-ebooks/detail.action?docID=280157 ER -