Faustus on Trial : : The Origins of Johann Spies's 'Historia' in an Age of Witch Hunting / / Frank Baron.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Literary and Cultural Studies - 1990 - 1999
• VerfasserIn: Baron, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Tübingen : : Max Niemeyer Verlag, , [2013]; ©1992
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Frühe Neuzeit : Studien und Dokumente zur deutschen Literatur und Kultur im europäischen Kontext , 9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (230 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; I. The Career of Johann Spies --; 1. Beginnings in Oberursel and Frankfurt --; 2. Printing in Heidelberg and Frankfurt for the Pure and True Religion --; 3. Problems of a Best Seller: Censorship and Piracy --; 4. Years of Promise and Disillusionment --; 5. Johann Spies: The Man behind the Historia --; II. The Making of the Historia von D. Johann Fausten --; 1. Compilation and Composition --; 2. The Emergence of the Faustian Pact --; 3. The Trial of Faustus. The Legacy of Witches and Learned Magicians --; 4. Dissonances and Unity in the Historia --; 5. The Contributions of Johann Spies to the Historia --; III. Appendix --; 1. The German Prefaces and Letters of Johann Spies --; 2. The Works Published and Printed by Johann Spies --; 3. Bibliography --; Index --; Illustrations
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110930061; 9783110637830
• ISSN: 0934-5531
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110930061
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Frank Baron.