A Companion to the Works of Grimmelshausen (Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture)

CONTENTS\r......Page 6
ILLUSTRATIONS\r......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\r......Page 10
CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF GRIMMELSHAUSEN\'S WORKS AND THEIR FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION\r......Page 12
INTRODUCTION\r......Page 16
I. Basics......Page 38
Problems in the Editions of \rGrimmelshausen’s Works......Page 40
Grimmelshausen’s “Autobiographies” \rand the Art of the Novel......Page 60
Allegorical and Astrological Forms in the Works of Grimmelshausen with Special Emphasis on the Prophecy Motif......Page 108
Grimmelshausen and the Picaresque Novel......Page 162
Grimmelshausen’s Ewig-währender Calender: \rA Labyrinth of Knowledge and Reading......Page 182
Grimmelshausen’s Non-Simplician Novels......Page 216
In Grimmelshausen’s Tracks: The Literary and Cultural Legacy......Page 246
II. Critical Approaches......Page 282
Engendering Social Order: From Costume Autobiography to Conversation Games in Grimmelshausen’s Simpliciana......Page 284
The Poetics of Masquerade: Clothin gand the Construction of Social, Religious, and Gender Identity in Grimmelshausen’s \rSimplicissimus......Page 314
“To see from these black lines”: The Mise en Livre of the Phoenix Copperplate and Other Grimmelshausen Illustrations......Page 348
The Search for Freedom: Grimmelshausen’s Simplician Weltanschauung......Page 374
CONTRIBUTORS\r......Page 394
INDEX\r......Page 398