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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Frühe Neuzeit : Studien und Dokumente zur deutschen Literatur und Kultur im europäischen Kontext ; 9Publisher: Tübingen : Max Niemeyer Verlag, [2013]Copyright date: ©1992Edition: Reprint 2013Description: 1 online resource (230 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783484365094
  • 9783110930061
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 020
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
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

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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