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Courage, The Adventuress and The False Messiah
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Courage, The Adventuress and The False Messiah
Contributors:
By (Author) Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen
Translated by Hans Speier
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Other Subjects:
Literary studies: general
Dewey:
833.5
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
302
Dimensions:
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
Weight:
425g
Description
Grimmelshausen's enduring fame as Germany's greatest satirical novelist has rested mainly on The Adventerous Simplicissimus, the first of four novels comprising the Simplician cycle. Less well known, though of equal interest for their penetrating and satiric insight into seventeenth-century beliefs and superstitions, are the two Simplician tales no
