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

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

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Literary and Cultural Studies - 1990 - 1999
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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (230 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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