Format:
xiv, 254 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781640140431
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1640140433
Series Statement:
Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture
Content:
Introduction : Faust, Christoph Rosshirt, and his manuscript -- Facsimile edition -- Annotated German transcription with English translation -- Faust illustrated from Rosshirt to Delacroix -- Faust's identity and the significance of Rosshirt's tales about him
Content:
Zusammenfassung: The Faust legend, which has come down to us most famously in Goethe's tragedy but also in countless other incarnations since the late sixteenth century, was first collected and presented as a cohesive narrative (in manuscript) by Christoph Rosshirt during the 1570s. Rosshirt was also the first to provide illustrations of Faust, hand-colored by Rosshirt himself. This book offers a critical edition of Rosshirt's six tales, including an introductory chapter, a facsimile of the manuscript, a transcription and first-ever English translation on facing pages, as well as a history of Faust illustrations, with Rosshirt's own illustrations and other examples up through Delacroix, the most complete survey of such illustrations to date. A final chapter rounds out the study with an assessment of Rosshirt's significance for the Faust tradition, a review of the evidence for a historical Faust, and a rejection of his historicity (because it is unprovable) in favor of his existence only in his story--a story Rosshirt helped to tell--and in our imaginations that animate that story"--(Provided by publisher.)
Content:
The first cohesive Faust narrative in facsimile form, German transcription, and (first-ever) English translation, plus a history of Faust illustrations and an assessment of Faust's historicity.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Van der Laan, James M., 1955 - The Faust tales of Christoph Rosshirt Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2019 ISBN 9781787444720
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
Keywords:
Rosshirt, Christoph -1586 Vom Doctor Georgio Fausto dem Schwarzkünstler und Zauberer
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Rosshirt, Christoph -1586
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Faustdichtung
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Faksimile
Author information:
Van der Laan, James M. 1955-
Author information:
Rosshirt, Christoph -1586
