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Courage, the Adventuress and the False Messiah
Hans Jacob Christoffel Von Grimmelshausen
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Description for Courage, the Adventuress and the False Messiah
Hardback. Translator(s): Speier, Hans. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Grimmelshausen's enduring fame as Germany's greatest satirical novelist has rested mainly on The Adventerous Simplicissimus, the first of four novels comprising the Simplician cycle. Less well known, though of equal interest for their penetrating and satiric insight into seventeenth-century beliefs and superstitions, are the two Simplician tales now made available to English readers in this edition: Courage, The Adventuress, the fictional biography of a camp follower in the Thirty Years War, a grimly humorous tale told in the earthy language of the people; and The False Messiah, comprising nine chapters from Grimmelshausen's last work, The Enchanted Bird's Nest, Part II. ... Read more
Grimmelshausen's enduring fame as Germany's greatest satirical novelist has rested mainly on The Adventerous Simplicissimus, the first of four novels comprising the Simplician cycle. Less well known, though of equal interest for their penetrating and satiric insight into seventeenth-century beliefs and superstitions, are the two Simplician tales now made available to English readers in this edition: Courage, The Adventuress, the fictional biography of a camp follower in the Thirty Years War, a grimly humorous tale told in the earthy language of the people; and The False Messiah, comprising nine chapters from Grimmelshausen's last work, The Enchanted Bird's Nest, Part II. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Legacy Library
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691651361
SKU
V9780691651361
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