Annis N. Shaver, "Staging Luther: Four Plays by Hans Sachs"
English | ISBN: 1506485588 | 2023 | 233 pages | EPUB | 1346 KB
English | ISBN: 1506485588 | 2023 | 233 pages | EPUB | 1346 KB
The book contains four plays written by Hans Sachs, a troubadour, playwright, shoemaker, and important compatriot and supporter of Martin Luther.
Unlike Sachs' well-known poem "The Wittenberg Nightingale" (also included here in a new translation), the plays have not been translated into English until now and will be a boon for researchers and students who can now read them for the first time.
The plays are full of scriptural references and are generally written as dialogs between a Luther supporter and a Catholic cleric. Inevitably the Luther supporter wins the argument, but not without some name-calling and strong derision towards the Papist discussant!
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