A Companion to the Works of Grimmelshausen

Fresh essays on the works of the most significant -- and readable -- German Baroque author.

Hans Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen (ca. 1621-1676) is the most significant (and still readable) author of seventeenth-century German novels. His Abenteuerlicher Simplicius Simplicissimus remains the one German novelof its time that has attained the stature of "world literature" its unique mix of violent action and solitary reflection, its superlative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571134476
• ISBN13: 9781571134479
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"