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The Plays of Roswitha of Gandersheim

by Roswitha of Gandersheim

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Writing in a German convent around the 960s, the canoness Roswitha of Gandersheim produced the first known dramas in Western Europe since the fall of Rome, and became the earliest named woman playwright in history. She took the comic form of the Roman poet Terence and turned it to Christian ends, replacing temptations and intrigues with stories of steadfast faith, chaste women, and repentant sinners. The six plays gathered here, among them Dulcitius, Abraham, and Paphnutius, mix earthy humor with martyrdom and miracle. Christopher St. John's translation carries this remarkable tenth-century voice into English.

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Roswitha of Gandersheim

Roswitha of Gandersheim (c. 935 to c. 973) was a German canoness at the abbey of Gandersheim and one of the most learned women of her age. She is regarded as the first Western dramatist after antiquity and the earliest known female playwright.

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First published
1923
Reading time
About 3 hours
Pages
164
Language
English
Genre
Theater
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