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Laughter in the trenches : humour and front experience in German first world war narratives / by Jakub Kazecki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kazecki, Jakub.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- German fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- German fiction.
- German literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- German literature.
- Humor in literature.
- World War, 1939-1945--Literature and the war.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- aughter in the Trenches: Humour and Front Experience in German First World War Narratives explores the appearances and functions of humour and laughter in selected novels and short stories based on autobiographical experiences written by authors during the war and in the Weimar Era (1919-1933). The book focuses on popular and lesser-known works of German literature that played an important role in the socio-political life of the Weimar Republic: Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger (1920), Advance...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-191) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-3949-3
- OCLC:
- 823721103
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