4. Years of Promise and Disillusionment

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. I. The Career of Johann Spies
6. 1. Beginnings in Oberursel and Frankfurt 9
7. 2. Printing in Heidelberg and Frankfurt for the Pure and True Religion 26
8. 3. Problems of a Best Seller: Censorship and Piracy 51
9. 4. Years of Promise and Disillusionment 76
10. 5. Johann Spies: The Man behind the Historia 90
11. II. The Making of the Historia von D. Johann Fausten
12. 1. Compilation and Composition 95
13. 2. The Emergence of the Faustian Pact 110
14. 3. The Trial of Faustus. The Legacy of Witches and Learned Magicians 127
15. 4. Dissonances and Unity in the Historia 147
16. 5. The Contributions of Johann Spies to the Historia 157
17. III. Appendix
18. 1. The German Prefaces and Letters of Johann Spies 171
19. 2. The Works Published and Printed by Johann Spies 192
20. 3. Bibliography 210
21. Index 225
22. Illustrations 231