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

Frank Baron

Published by Max Niemeyer Verlag 1992

Faustus on Trial

The Origins of Johann Spies's 'Historia' in an Age of Witch Hunting

Frank Baron

Volume 9 in the series Frühe Neuzeit

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110930061

Contents

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. The Career of Johann Spies
1. Beginnings in Oberursel and Frankfurt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Printing in Heidelberg and Frankfurt for the Pure and True Religion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
3. Problems of a Best Seller: Censorship and Piracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
4. Years of Promise and Disillusionment Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
5. Johann Spies: The Man behind the Historia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
II. The Making of the Historia von D. Johann Fausten
1. Compilation and Composition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
2. The Emergence of the Faustian Pact Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	110
3. The Trial of Faustus. The Legacy of Witches and Learned Magicians Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
4. Dissonances and Unity in the Historia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
5. The Contributions of Johann Spies to the Historia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
III. Appendix
1. The German Prefaces and Letters of Johann Spies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
2. The Works Published and Printed by Johann Spies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
3. Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

Language: English
Publisher: Max Niemeyer Verlag
Edition: Reprint 2013
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 230
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 8
Keywords: Spies, Johann; Faust

eBook

Published: March 1, 2013
ISBN: 9783110930061

Hardcover

Published: August 17, 1992
ISBN: 9783484365094