Das mittelniederdeutsche Theophilus-Spiel

This publication of the three 15th century Low German versions of the play of Theophilus is based on the revised edition by Robert Petsch; the arrangement of the text makes it possible to read effortlessly in parallel the versions H and S used. Access to the original text is facilitated both by the facing translation, linked to a detailed linguistic and factual commentary, and by the concluding section, which gives an introduction to the history of the material of the play and its literary formation, and in addition presents a literature report on everything known today about the iconographic tradition.

Autorentext

André Schnyder, Universität Lausanne, Schweiz.

Zusammenfassung

"Das Mittelniederdeutsche Theophilus-Spiel is an excellent edition, translation, and commentary that deserves to be well-known among scholars of the medieval religious drama and folklorists. It is to be hoped that it will draw attention not only to these plays, but to Middle Low German literature more widely and thus to the other texts of folkloric interest to be found there."
David Elton Gay in: Journal of Folklore Research 09/2010