Mothering Baby: On Being a Woman in Early Modern Germany: Johannes Praetorius’s Apocalypsis Mysteriorum Cybeles. Das ist Schnak

Part of a valuable series of beautifully produced (and surprisingly affordable) books, ACMRS (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) presents a translation of a 17th-century satirical work in which a male servant listens at the door and recounts all he hears as women talk to a new mother. Williams (Washington U., St. Louis), a specialist on Praetorius, introduces the translation with a lengthy essay on the author, gender roles in his day, his sources, and the work’s impact. The translation is presented side-by-side with the original. Not indexed. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)