Animal, Vegetal, Marginal : The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka / Joela Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Joela, author.

Series:

German Jewish cultures.

German Jewish Cultures Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--20th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

Grotesque in literature.

Plants in literature.

Animals in literature.

Jews in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2025]

Summary:

Between the Kaiser's and Hitler's Reichs, the genre of die Groteske, or the German literary grotesque, sold out cabarets, drew droves of radio listeners, and created bestsellers with its irreverent comedy and critique.At the same time, its authors were ruthlessly censored for their satire of society, leaving die Groteske virtually unknown today.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section 1: The Grotesque: A Censored Literary Genre and Its Authors

1. Characteristics of die Groteske

2. Grotesken in a Nexus of Censorship

3. A Literary Network of the Marginalized

Section 2: The Vegetal: Panizza, Ewers, and Turn-of-the-Century Censorship

4. The Crime in Tavistock Square

5. The Petition

6. Why Plants?

Section 3: The Animal: Panizza, Kafka, and the Modernist Crisis of the Self

7. From the Diary of a Dog

8. Investigations/Researches of a Dog

9. Why Dogs?

Section 4: The Human: Panizza, Friedlaender, and the Rise of Fascism

10. The Operated Jew

11. The Operated Goy

12. Why Humans?

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Jacobs, Joela Animal, Vegetal, Marginal

ISBN:

9780253071996

OCLC:

1463406193