Cosmarchia: Edited and Translated by Thomas W. Best

Contributor(s): Kühlmann, Wilhelm (Editor), Roloff, Hans-Gert (Editor), Vredeveld, Harry (Editor), Best, Thomas W (Author)

ISBN: 9783261043054

Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers

Binding Types:

Paperback

$152.70

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$165.65 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$164.45 (100+ copies: $163.70)

List/retail price:

$152.70

Pub Date: August 1, 1991

Dewey: 870

LCCN: 92129749

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.00" H x 0.00" L x 0.00" W ( 0.00 lbs) 162 pages

BISAC Categories:

Language Study | Latin | Performing Arts | Theater | History and Criticism

Series: Bibliotheca Neolatina

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: This is the first critical edition and generally available translation of the short allegorical comedy Cosmarchia by Jacob Bidermann, the best-known Jesuit dramatist. Adapting a parable from Barlaam and Joasaph, Bidermann urges holy war aginst the deceitfulness of worldly life.