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Roswitha
The author and narrator who appears in prefaces and notes.
minor
Also known as Roswitha, Théâtre de Roswitha, the Roswitha of Paphnutius
First appearance: the plays of roswitha
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In Translator's Note: Subject of the translation and scholarly works cited Later, in Dedication: The author, who humbly describes herself as the last of the least under Gerberg's rule and expresses her struggles in…
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- Translator's Note
- Dedication
- Prefaces of Roswitha
- Preface to the Plays of Hrotswitha, German Religious and Virgin of the Saxon Race
- Epistle of the Same to the Learned Patrons of This Book
- Plays
- Endnotes
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