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Inciting laughter : the development of "Jewish humor" in 19th century German culture / Jefferson S. Chase.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chase, Jefferson S.
- Series:
- European cultures ; v. 12
- European Cultures ; 12
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Börne, Ludwig, 1786-1837--Criticism and interpretation.
- Börne, Ludwig.
- Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856--Criticism and interpretation.
- Heine, Heinrich.
- Saphir, Moritz Gottlieb, 1795-1858--Criticism and interpretation.
- Saphir, Moritz Gottlieb.
- German literature--Jewish authors--Translations into English.
- German literature.
- German literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism.
- German literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- German wit and humor.
- Jewish wit and humor.
- Jews--Germany--Intellectual life.
- Jews.
- Judaism and literature--Germany.
- Judaism and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (340 p.)
- Edition:
- Reprint 2012
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Vicious Circles: Judenwitz as Stereotype and Strategy 1
- Humor as crux of majority/minority identity 5
- Judenwitz as Sign of German Particularity 11
- Chapter 2 Pamphlet War: Moritz Gottlieb Saphir in Berlin 1826-30 20
- Saphir's arrival and the beginning of the conflict 23
- Humor as battleground 37
- Legacy of the pamphlet war 61
- Chapter 3 Handle and The Blade: Ludwig Borne's Serious Humor 64
- Borne's attitudes toward Jewishness and humor 69
- Borne as arts critic 81
- Affinities between Borne and Menzel 91
- Borne's "direct" political writings 99
- Anti-Judenwitz backlash 104
- Menzel as Borne apologist 114
- Borne's response 117
- Borne-Menzel estrangement 123
- Borne's final shift 133
- Borne's individual reception 136
- Chapter 4 "Who Gets the Job Now?" Heinrich Heine and the J. G. Cotta Publishing House 139
- Heine's early contact with Cotta 144
- Judenwitz and literary talent 149
- Baths of Lucca 157
- Backlash against The Baths of Lucca and its influence on Cotta 173
- Atta Troll 180
- Cotta's neglect and Heine's individual reception 189
- Chapter 5 Reading for the Plot: Judenwitz in and as Literary History 193
- Core myth of German literary history 195
- Adaptation of the myth over time 207
- Continuity and caesura 222
- Translations 229
- Moritz Gottlieb Saphir
- From: The Killed-Off Yet Still Alive and Kicking M. G. Saphir, or: Thirteen Dramatic Poets and a Magician Against One Lone Editor 232
- From: Come Here! or: Dear Public, Look and Trust Whom You Please 235
- On Witz 238
- "On Borne" 241
- Ludwig Borne
- Jews in Frankfurt am Main 244
- Theater Reviews 247
- From: Monograph of the German Post Snail: A Contribution to the Natural History of Mollusks and Testaceans 253
- From: Letters from Paris 259
- From: Menzel, the Frenchmen's Scourge 262
- Heinrich Heine
- Baths of Lucca 266.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [313]-325) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 13, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9783110813838
- 3110813831
- OCLC:
- 868974320
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