Tearaway (novel)
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| Author | Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen |
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| Original title | Der seltzame Springinsfeld |
| Language | German |
| Series | Simplician Cycle |
| Genre | picaresque |
| Publisher | Felix Stratiot |
| Publication date | 1670 |
| Publication place | Nuremberg |
| Pages | 250 |
Tearaway (German: Der seltzame Springinsfeld, lit. 'The Curious Springinsfeld') is a 1670 novel by the German writer Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. It is a picaresque novel that follows the unscrupulous Tearaway during the Thirty Years' War and after, as he becomes a nefarious innkeper, a travelling musician, married twice, and reluctantly is confronted with Christian ideals.[1][2][3] Tearaway is portrayed as wolflike and, in the second half, contrasted with culture.[4]
The story is part of Grimmelshausen's Simplician Cycle and follows Simplicius Simplicissimus (1668) and The Life of Courage (1670). Tearaway features in the latter as one Courage's temporary partners. The cycle concluded with The Wondrous Bird's Nest (1672–1675).[1]
References
- 1 2 Moore, Steven (2013). The Novel: An Alternative History, 1600-1800. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781623567408.
- ↑ Bertsch, Janet (2004). "Grimmelshausen's Der Abentheurliche Simplicissimus Teutsch and Der seltzame Springinsfeld". Storytelling in the Works of Bunyan, Grimmelshausen, Defoe, and Schnabel. Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture. Boydell & Brewer. pp. 47–78.
- ↑ Kleinjung, Malte (2021). Pikareske Ökonomie. Grimmelshausens «Der seltzame Springinsfeld» im diskursiven Kontext des 17. Jahrhunderts (in German). Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag. doi:10.3726/b17596.
- ↑ Gaede, Friedrich (1983). "Homo homini lupus et ludius est Zu Grimmelshausens Der seltzame Springinsfeld". Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte (in German). 57: 240–258. doi:10.1007/BF03374777.