“Till Eulenspiegel : His Adventures” is a classic fable of German literature that presents a collection of 95 loosely related vignettes depicting the life and times of a famous roving jester. The trickster hero devotes his life to deflating the pompous, the rich, and the smug. The book includes the entire set of 87 sixteenth-century woodcuts possibly by Albrecht Duerer, along with an introduction that establishes the historical context of the tales, discusses the use of satire in late Medieval and early Renaissance literature. This revised edition, aimed at a college audience, offers a humorous and satirical exploration of the adventures of Till Eulenspiegel, making it a valuable addition to literary criticism and fiction genres.
Till Eulenspiegel : His Adventures, Hardcover by Oppenheimer, Paul (EDT), Lik…
“Till Eulenspiegel : His Adventures” is a classic fable of German literature that presents a collection of 95 loosely related vignettes depicting the life and times of a famous roving jester. The trickster hero devotes his life to deflating the pompous, the rich, and the smug. The book includes the entire set of 87 sixteenth-century woodcuts possibly by Albrecht Duerer, along with an introduction that establishes the historical context of the tales, discusses the use of satire in late Medieval and early Renaissance literature. This revised edition, aimed at a college audience, offers a humorous and satirical exploration of the adventures of Till Eulenspiegel, making it a valuable addition to literary criticism and fiction genres.