Faust als Virtuoso: DÃ¤monische und Ã¤sthetische Illusion in dÃ¤monologischen Traktaten und in der Historia von D. Johann Fausten

Paula Furrer; JÃ¶rg Robert

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Faust als Virtuoso

DÃ¤monische und Ã¤sthetische Illusion in dÃ¤monologischen Traktaten und in der Historia von D. Johann Fausten

In: VirtuositÃ¤t in der Krise

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Paula Furrer

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DOI:: https://doi.org/10.30965/9783846769829_002

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This article approaches virtuosity from a somewhat surprising perspective: the demonological treatises in the early modern period. Demonological writing deals with the impact of demonic powers, their interaction with magicians and witches and their ability to deceive human perception. Demonologists discuss who (demons, witches, magicians) is willing and capable to use illusions to harm man. Jugglers in particular are viewed as a group that is potentially in league with the devil because their seemingly superhuman tricks make it difficult to distinguish between demonic and human illusion. Based on the demonological treatises of the 15th and 16th centuries (Malleus Maleficarum, 1486/87, and Ein Christlich Bedencken und erjnnerung von Zauberei, 1585), the article shows that the discussion about the power of jugglers and magicians can also be found in the Historia von D. Johann Fausten (1587). Faustus, a curiosus with nigromantic interests, acts â as the article aims to show â as an early modern precursor of the virtuoso.

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VirtuositÃ¤t in der Krise

Techniken der Selbstbehauptung im 17. Jahrhundert

Series:Â Poesis, Volume: 4

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Publisher:: Brill | Fink

Print Publication Date:: 29 Oct 2025

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Faust als Virtuoso

DÃ¤monische und Ã¤sthetische Illusion in dÃ¤monologischen Traktaten und in der Historia von D. Johann Fausten

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