The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim

The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim image
ISBN-10:

086516178X

ISBN-13:

9780865161788

Released: Sep 25, 2007
Format: Paperback, 198 pages
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Description:

Called by Renaissance humanist Conrad Celtes "the German Sappho," Hrotswtha (ca. 935-1000) was a prolific author who wrote eight legends in verse, two historical epics, and six plays in rhymed prose. A corrected reprint of the 1979 New York University Press edition, this book contains translations of Gallicanus, Dulcitius, Callimachus, Abraham, Paphnutius, and Sapientia.












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