Merry Tales and Three Shrovetide Plays
- 292 pages
- 11 hours of reading
Hans Sachs Books
November 5, 1494 – January 19, 1576
A shoemaker, poet, and master of Meistergesang, the German art of singing original poems to original tunes. Sachs's craft lay in his ability to weave together verse and melody, creating a unique artistic expression. His significant body of work was later revived and popularized by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, ensuring his enduring legacy.
This first complete translation into modern English of 16th-century verses by Hans Sachs and engravings by Jost Ammam offers a vivid portrait of city life in Renaissance Germany. Covering 114 ranks (such as "king") and trades (including "thimblemaker"), it is a gold mine of insights into the society, values, and technology of the age, from the ordeal of dentistry to the contents of a locksmith's shop.
Meisterlieder, Spruchgedichte, Fastnachtsspiele
Deutsch-Lektüre, Deutsche Klassiker der Literatur
Hans Sachs, „teutscher poet, geweßner schumacher“, hat den Literaturbetrieb seiner Zeit entscheidend geprägt - die riesigen Ausmaße seines Schaffens lassen noch heute erstaunen. Eine neue Auswahlausgabe erleichtert den Zugang und versammelt die besten Werke der Gattungen Meisterlied, Spruchdichtung und Fastnachtsspiel.
Hans Sachs Fastnachtsspiele
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