| Author: | Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen | ISBN: | 1230003260968 |
| Publisher: | EnvikaBook | Publication: | June 4, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen |
| ISBN: | 1230003260968 |
| Publisher: | EnvikaBook |
| Publication: | June 4, 2019 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch) is a picaresque novel of the lower Baroque style, written in 1668 by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen and probably published the same year (although bearing the date 1669). Inspired by the events and horrors of the Thirty Years' War which devastated Germany from 1618 to 1648, it is regarded as the first adventure novel in the German language and the first German novel masterpiece.
Simplicius Simplicissimus (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch) is a picaresque novel of the lower Baroque style, written in 1668 by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen and probably published the same year (although bearing the date 1669). Inspired by the events and horrors of the Thirty Years' War which devastated Germany from 1618 to 1648, it is regarded as the first adventure novel in the German language and the first German novel masterpiece.
