Hans Folz and print culture in late medieval Germany : the creation of popular discourse / Caroline Huey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huey, Caroline.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folz, Hans, approximately 1440-1513--Criticism and interpretation.

Folz, Hans.

Folz, Hans, approximately 1440-1513.

German literature--Middle High German, 1050-1500--History and criticism.

German literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 166 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]

Summary:

Folz (1435/40-1513) was the first writer in Germany to print his own work, including his Meisterlieder, a genre that had never been published before, says Huey (German, U. of Louisiana-Lafayette). She continues that he demonstrates unusual knowledge and ambition for an unprestigious barber-surgeon, and represents an early stage of the transition from performance to print through his work as a carnival playwright, Meistersinger, and printer. After outlining his life, she looks at Folz and printing, body and soul, Mary and Folz's transgressive woman, anti-Jewishness, and popular medicine. Quotations are in German followed by their English translation. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Hans Folz

Folz and printing

Body and soul

Mary and Folz's transgressive woman

Folz and anti-jewishness

Popular medicine

Conclusion: Folz and his world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781409406068

1409406067

9781409406075

1409406075

OCLC:

755640759