Summer Tales: Translated by Gerda Jordan and James Hardin

Bys: Johann Beer and Gerda Jordan

This is the first English translation of a work by Johann Beer. Beer (1655-1700) is well known as the successor of Grimmelshausen in the genre of the picaresque novel. Beer's Die kurtzweiligen Sommert ge is rightly considered one of the most important (and readable ) novels of the seventeenth century. The novel documents in a humorous way the adventuresome life of the Austrian nobility in the 17th century and provides a rare glimpse into the everday life and spirit of this little-known period.
With introduction and notes to the text.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820401129
• ISBN13: 9780820401126
• Release Date: December 1984
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 290 Pages