In: Scientia Poetica, 26 (2022), Nr. 1. pp. 1-18. ISSN 1431-5041 (Druck-Ausg.); 1868-9418 (Online-Ausg.)
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Abstract
The scope of Early Modern Demonology is universal, for the perceived threat of the devil is omnipresent, stretching through time and space. This article examines various utilizations of the description of central and south American indigenous peoples in demonological discourse. By means of three closely related examples, I will demonstrate the discursive conflation of deviant behavior in Europe and in America through comparisons and transferences: Jean Bodin’s Démonomanie des Sorciers (1580), its German translation by Johann Fischart (1581/1586), and Jean de Léry’s writings, especially his Histoire d’un voyage (1578/1585). Within this discursive nexus, Léry compares the American Indigenes to European Catholics, whereas Bodin compares them to European witches - and Fischart completes this argumentative triangle by calling for European Catholics to be held accountable for comparable acts in the same way as European witches.
Document type: | Article |
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Journal or Publication Title: | Scientia Poetica |
Volume: | 26 |
Number: | 1 |
Publisher: | de Gruyter |
Place of Publication: | Berlin [u.a.] |
Edition: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2023 08:09 |
Date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 1431-5041 (Druck-Ausg.); 1868-9418 (Online-Ausg.) |
Page Range: | pp. 1-18 |
Faculties / Institutes: | Neuphilologische Fakultät > Germanistisches Seminar |
DDC-classification: | 200 Religion 800 Literature and rhetoric |
Additional Information: | Dieser Beitrag ist aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. *** This publication is freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively. |