Solfernus: zábavné dějiny spásy ve zpracování Václava Hájka z Libočan

• Authors: Tomáš Havelka

Title variants

EN

Solfernus: an entertaining history of salvation in a version by Václav Hájek of Libočany

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study focuses on the late medieval infernal novel The Life of Adam, or Solfernus from Olden Times by Václav Hájek of Libočany (1553). The text is briefly placed in the context of medieval hell novels, combining a biblical pseudepigaf and a legal handbook. A comparison of late medieval manuscripts and Hájek’s elaboration showed that from the 18th chapter onwards, Hájek significantly modified the original text, enriched it with new characters and dialogues, and emphasized the fictional character. The conclusion of the text is completely new. The excellent unique woodcut decoration of the text, the participation of Sixt of Ottersdorf in the text editing, the wording of the foreword and a number of allusions in the text lead to a final reflection on the nonliterary function of the text as part of resistance against Ferdinand I’s government.

Keywords

CS

pekelné romány; pseudepigraf; ghosthosting; Václav Hájek z Libočan; Sixt z Ottersdorfu

EN

infernal novels; pseudepigraph; ghost hosting; Václav Hájek of Libočany; Sixtus of Ottersdorf

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Institute of Czech Literature, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Česká literatura (Czech Literature)
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 70
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 3-28
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tomáš Havelka

• Česká literatura, redakce, Ústav pro českou literaturu AV ČR, v. v. i., Na Florenci 3/1420, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic