Johannes Jacob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, Trutz Simplex / Courasche [Spite Simplex / The Life of Courage]

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The short novel

Trutz Simplex: oder Ausführliche und wunderseltzame Lebensbeschreibung der Ertzbetrügerin und Landstörzerin Courasche

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Spite Simplex or

[...]

The Runagate Courage

, 1670] forms part of Grimmelshausen’s “Simplician” cycle of novels that also includes

Der abentheurliche Simplicissimus

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The Adventurous Simplicissimus

, 1669] and

Der seltzame Springinsfeld

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The Strange Hopalong

, 1670]. Its publication under the author’s anagram Philarchus Grossus von Trommenheim auf Griffsberg constitutes a turning point in German Baroque literature (see entry). Up to the 1660s most novels published in Germany were translations and adaptations of foreign texts. Here for the first time an original novel focuses entirely on a female protagonist who emerges as an anti-heroine and a

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Citation: Hoffmeister, Gerhart. "Trutz Simplex / Courasche". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 May 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=14754, accessed 28 March 2024.]

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