Plays: by Roswitha of Gandersheim - Couverture souple

Roswitha Of Gandersheim

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9791043142758

Editeur : CULTUREA, 2026

Synopsis

Roswitha, also known as Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, was a tenth century German canoness, dramatist, and poet. A remarkable woman, she has been called the first Western playwright since antiquity as well as the first known woman playwright. She was inspired by the Roman comic playwright Terence, who wrote six farces filled with disguises, misunderstandings, and pagan debauchery. Upset by Terence's immoral subject matter but also inspired by his well-crafted plays, Roswitha sought to "Christianize" his work by writing six plays of her own.Roswitha wrote six dramas in Latin. Two are concerned with the conversation of nonbelievers (Gallicanus and Callimachus), two are concerned with the repentance of sinners (Abraham and Paphnutius), and two are concerned with the martyrdom of virgins (Dulcitus and Sapientia).This edition, originally published in 1923, includes an introduction by Cardinal Francis Aidan Gasquet (an English Benedictine monk and scholar), a critical preface by the translator (Christopher St. John), and prefaces written by Roswitha herself.

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À propos de l'auteur

Hrotsvitha (c. 935-973) was a secular canoness who wrote drama and Christian poetry under the Ottonian dynasty. She was born in Bad Gandersheim to Saxon nobles and entered Gandersheim Abbey as a canoness. She is considered the first female writer from the Germanosphere, the first female historian, the first person since the Fall of the Roman Empire to write dramas in the Latin West, and the first German female poet.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CULTUREA
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9791043142758
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 174
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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