Synopses & Reviews
An illustrative selection of German dramas from the baroque age and the early Enlightenment (i.e. prior to Lessing), by Sachs, Gryphius, Schlegel, and others.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Martin Esslin
Introduction: Gerald Gillespie HROTSVITHA OF GANDERSHEIMDulcitius
Translated by Katharina Wilson HANS SACHSFool Surgery
Translated by Martin W. Walsh PAUL REBHUNSusanna
Translated by M. John Hanak ANDREAS GRYPHIUSLeo Armenius
Translated by Janifer G. Stackhouse DANIEL CASPER VON LOHENSTEINSophonisba
Translated by M. John Hanak JOHANN ELIAS SCHLEGELThe Dumb Beauty
Translated by Andre Lefevere