Faustus on Trial
The Origins of Johann Spies's 'Historia' in an Age of Witch Hunting
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2013
VIII, 230 pages
978-3-11-093006-1 (ISBN)
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Content
- Intro
- 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 Historia
- 3. The Trial of Faustus: TheLegacy of Witchcraft and Learned Magic
- 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
