Death and the Ploughman

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Death and the Ploughman

work by Johannes von Tepl

Also known as: “Der Ackermann aus Böhmen”

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Johannes von Tepl
1400; Death and the Ploughman), the first important prose work in the German language.
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1400; Death and the Ploughman), the first important prose work in the German language.
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German literature
Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance
…Der Ackermann aus Böhmen (Death and the Ploughman is the colorful title of a modern translation), consists of a debate between its author, Johannes von Tepl, and the figure of Death that is in effect a confrontation between the moribund late Middle Ages and the life-affirming tendencies of a…
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…Der Ackermann aus Böhmen (Death and the Ploughman is the colorful title of a modern translation), consists of a debate between its author, Johannes von Tepl, and the figure of Death that is in effect a confrontation between the moribund late Middle Ages and the life-affirming tendencies of a…
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