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“Dann ich auch der gůten Gesellen einer bin die man die freyen Knaben nennet.”

Zur Selbstdarstellung Michael Lindeners in seiner Schwanksammlung Katzipori (1558)

“Then I Too Will Be One of the Good Company Whom They Call the Free Boys.”

On the Self-depiction of Michael Lindener in His Comedy Collection Katzipori (1558)
In: Daphnis
Author:
Luca Lil Wirth Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Projekt “Arts of Memory” / EXC 2020 “Temporal Communities” / Friedrich Schlegel Graduiertenschule, Freie Universität Berlin Berlin

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Abstract

This article reinterprets the alleged self-portrayal of the early modern author Michael Lindener (* between 1520 and 1530, † 1562) in his Schwanksammlung Katzipori (1558) by revealing its fictional character. Scholars read the text as the autobiography of a morally despicable bon vivant. Against this line of interpretation, this article proposes a radical distinction between author and narrator, showing how Lindener ironically undermines the well-established canon of poetical rules of his time while portraying himself as the mischievous libertine Compan.

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