A Czech Contribution to the Theme of Mauritius in Neo-Latin Drama

0469321 - FLÚ 2017 RIV BE eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Förster, Josef
A Czech Contribution to the Theme of Mauritius in Neo-Latin Drama.
Humanistica Lovaniensia. Journal of Neo-Latin Studies. -, č. 65 (2016), s. 367-381. ISSN 0774-2908
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985955
Klíčová slova: Neo-Latin drama * Baroque literature * 18th century * The Czech lands
Kód oboru RIV: AJ - Písemnictví, masmédia, audiovize

The study's aim is to focus attention on the only preserved tragedy of Johann Christian Alois Mickl (1711-1767), the later abbot of the Cistercian Monastery in Vyšší Brod (Altum Vadum, Hohenfurt) in southern Bohemia, and to introduce it to the international circuit of researchers in the field of Neo-Latin drama and theatre. The importance of Mickl's Latin tragedy Magnatum ruina facilis, Mauritius Cappadox, Orientis imperator from 1730 is evident for two reasons: the play is, as will be shown, a quite distinctive contribution in the context of the development of Neo-Latin drama in Western and Central Europe, as it deals with one of the core themes of religious drama of that period – the story of the fall of the third Byzantine Emperor Maurikios.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0267120