Description: Johann Beer has only been given his due as a major prose writer of the German Baroque in the last ten years; recent criticism perceives him as a sophisticated writer who satirised contemporary society with moralistic rigour, and his novels are seen as structures of considerable complexity. Increasingly, the importance of Beer's moralistic message, although perhaps obscured by his comic genius, has been seen as his prime motivation in writing. This is the first English translation of Beer's novel; it provides a cultural mirror to the late seventeenth century, rich in folklore, humour, and details of everyday life.

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