Poetic Works of Helius Eobanus Hessus (Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies)

This first volume presents six poetics texts, most now exceedingly rare and hitherto unedited, that Hessus (1488-1540) wrote during his student years at the University of Erfurt, which ended in 1509. The base text for each piece is the first edition unless a later redaction offers a significant improvement over the earlier version. Vredeveld introd