A01=Martin Walsh
A01=Therese Decker
Author_Martin Walsh
Author_Therese Decker
Category=DD
devil
eq_bestseller
eq_biography-true-stories
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_poetry
Faust
Faust chapbook
knowledge
Medieval Dutch drama
play-within-a-play
wisdom
Product details
- ISBN 9781879751200
- Weight: 424g
- Dimensions: 386 x 579mm
- Publication Date: 03 Mar 1994
- Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Translation of medieval Dutch drama featuring first known use of the play-within-a-play device.
A drama in medieval Dutch that provides the first known example of the play-within-a-play device. The text is based on the chapbook of around 1518. In a remarkable parallel to the Faust chapbook, a young woman enters into an agreement with the devil, offering her soul for knowledge and wisdom. Translated and edited by Professor Therese Decker and Martin Walsh, with the original text on facing pages.
