Cosmarchia: Edited and Translated by Thomas W. Best

By Thomas W. Best

This is the first critical edition and generally available translation of the short allegorical comedy Cosmarchia by Jacob Bidermann, the best-known Jesuit dramatist. Adapting a parable from Barlaam and Joasaph, Bidermann urges holy war aginst the deceitfulness of worldly life.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3261043059
• ISBN13: 9783261043054
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
• Length: 162 Pages