Horwich, Cara M. creator author text xxu 1997 monographic eng

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153 pages This study argues that the underlying link between Grimmelshausen's Simplicissimus and Brecht's Mutter Courage is a concern with human survival in a dangerous world. It focuses on the various threats to survival, the way the characters deal with them, and the price they pay for doing so. Furthermore, it discusses other survival possibilities explored in the texts and comes to the conclusion that both Brecht and Grimmelshausen present figures from the lower clergy as models of survival.This is a surprising irony in the light of Brecht's communism and the setting of religious conflict in both works. Cara M. Horwich Grimmelshausen, Hans Jakob Christoph von, 1625-1676 Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956 Survival in literature Survival in literature Grimmelshausen, hans jakob christoph von, 1625-1676 Brecht, bertolt, 1898-1956 832.509353 HOR 9780820430584 0820430587 InACL 260927 20260927161950.0 220911 eng