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9781571138439
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The Reformation and Renaissance, though segregated into distinct disciplines today, interacted and clashed intimately in Faust, the great figure that attained European prominence in the anonymous 1587 'Historia von D. Johann Fausten'. The original Faust behind Goethe's great drama embodies a remote culture. In his century, Faust evolved from an obscure cipher to a universal symbol. The age explored here as "the Faustian century" invested the 'Faustbuch' and its theme with a symbolic significance still of exceptional relevance today. The new essays in this volume complement one another, providing insights into the tensions and forces that gave the century its distinct character. Several essays seek Faust's prototypes. Others elaborate the symbolic function of his figure and discern the resonance of his tale in conflicting allegiances. This volume focuses on the intersection of historical accounts and literary imaginings, on shared aspects of the work and its times, on concerns with obedience and transgression, obsessions with the devil and curiosity about magic, and quandaries created by shifting religious and worldly authorities. Contributors: Marguerite de Huszar Allen, Kresten Thue Andersen, Frank Baron, Günther Bonheim, Albrecht Classen, Urs Leo Gantenbein, Karl S. Guthke, Michael Keefer, Paul Ernst Meyer, J. M. van der Laan, Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, Andrew Weeks. J. M. van der Laan is Professor of German and Andrew Weeks is Professor of German and Comparative Literature, both at Illinois State University
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Introduction: Faust scholarship and the project at hand
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The German Faustian Century
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Cornelius Agrippa's double presence in the Faustian Century
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Converging magical legends: Faustus, Paracelsus, and Trithemius
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Faust from cipher to sign and pious to profane
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The aesthetics of the 1587 Spies Historia von D. Johann Fausten
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The Lutheran Faust : repentance in the Augsburg Confession and the German Faustbuch
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Marriage in the Historia von D. Johann Fausten (1587)
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Antiauthoritarianism and the problem of knowledge in the Faustbuch
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Exploring the "Three-Fold World": Faust as alchemist, astrologer, and magician
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The Devil in the Early Modern World and in Sixteenth-Century German Devil Literature
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Encounters with "Schwarz-Hans": Jacob Bohme and the Literature of the Devil in the Sixteenth Century
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D. Johann Faust and the cannibals: geographic horizons in the Sixteenth Century
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A Sixteenth-Century chronology of significant references to Faust with parallel world events.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781571135520
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781571135520
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Deutsch
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Literatur
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Faust, Johannes 1480-1540
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Luther, Martin 1483-1546
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