Fischart, Johann definition of Fischart, Johann in the Free Online Encyclopedia.

Fischart, Johann (yō`hän fĭsh`ärt), b. 1548, d. 1590 or 1591, German satirist and moralist. He lived in Strasbourg. He translated and paraphrased works by Rabelais called Geschichtsklitterung (1572, 1575, and 1590); by the Dutch writer Philip van Marnix, Bienenkorb [the beehive] (1579); and from a French source, Jesuiterhütlein [Jesuit's hat] (1580). Among his many works his versification of Till Eulenspiegel Eulenspiegel, Till [Ger.,=owl-mirror, hence English Owlglass], a north German peasant clown of the 14th cent. who was immortalized in chapbooks describing his practical jokes on clerics and townsfolk. The first Till chapbook (c.
..... Click the link for more information. stories and his narrative poem Das Glückhafft Schiff von Zürich [the lucky boat of Zürich] (1576) are noteworthy. Fischart's writings are largely political and anti-Catholic polemics, witty and original.

Fischart, Johann

Born 1546 or 1547 in Strasbourg; died 1590 in Forbach, Lotharingia. German satirist, publicist, and moralist.

Fischart, a Protestant, denounced the Catholic Church and the Jesuits and depicted the vices and virtues of the burghers. In his didactic work A Philosophical Booklet on Education for Marriage (1578) he advocated a strong family and sensible upbringing of children. In Geschichtsklitterung (1575), a free adaptation of the first book of F. Rabelais’s novel Gargantua and Pantagruel, Fischart demonstrated a verbal inventiveness, versatile erudition, and vividness of description of everyday life.

Mentioned in	?		Encyclopedia browser	?		Full browser	?
No references found			first-order climatological station first-order difference first-order leveling first-order logic first-order reaction first-order relief first-order spectrum first-order station first-order subroutine first-order theory first-order transition first-party cookie first-person shooter first-remove subroutine First-Signal System Firsts firth Firth of Forth Firth, Charles Harding Firth, Sir Raymond William Firuz Shah Tughlak Firuzabad fiscal Fiscal Policy Fiscal Year Fischart, Johann fischblase Fischer Fischer Creek State Recreation Area Fischer ellipsoid of 1960 Fischer indole synthesis Fischer polypeptide synthesis Fischer projection Fischer spheroid of 1960 Fischer Von Erlach, Johann Bernhard Fischer's distribution Fischer's salt Fischer, Bobby Fischer, Carl Fischer, Edmond H. Fischer, Emil Fischer, Emil Hermann Fischer, Ernst Fischer, Ernst Otto Fischer, Fritz Fischer, Hans Eugen Fischer, Kuno Fischer, Robert Fischer, Ruth Fischer-Dieskau Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich			Fiscal-Year Spending Forecast Fiscal-Year Work Plan Fiscal-Year-Equivalent Student Fiscale Beleggingsinstelling Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst Fiscales Sin Fronteras Fiscalía Contra la Corrupción Fiscalía Especializada en Atención de Delitos contra la Salud Fiscalía Especializada para la Atención de Delitos Electorales Fiscalía Especializada Parala Atención de Delitos Electorales fiscalis Fiscalism Fiscalist fiscally fiscally fiscally Fiscally Responsible Alaskans Needing Knowledge Fiscalmente rilevante fiscals fiscals fiscals FISCAM FISCF Fisch Fisch International Microsurgery Foundation Fisch Syndrome Fisch-Renwick Syndrome Fisch’s Syndrome Fischart, Johann fischblase Fischer Fischer Fischer Fischer 344 Brown Norway F1 Hybrid Rat Fischer Advanced Composite Components AG Fischer AG Fischer Black Fischer Black Memorial Foundation Fischer Creek State Recreation Area Fischer ellipsoid of 1960 Fischer Family Trust D Fischer Francis Trees and Watts Fischer indole synthesis Fischer peptide synthesis Fischer phenylhydrazine and oxazone reaction Fischer polypeptide synthesis Fischer Precision Spindles Fischer projection Fischer Random Chess Email Club Fischer rat thyroid cell line Fischer Rat Thyroid Line Fischer spheroid of 1960 Fischer trope Fischer Tropsch Fischer Tropsch synthesis

Fischart, Johann

WORKS

REFERENCES