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Author Chase, Jefferson S.

Title Inciting laughter : the development of "Jewish humor" in 19th century German culture / Jefferson S. Chase.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (340 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series European cultures ; v. 12
European cultures ; v. 12.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-325) and index.
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.
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Language In English.
Subject Börne, Ludwig, 1786-1837 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Börne, Ludwig, 1786-1837.
Criticism and interpretation.
Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856.
Saphir, Moritz Gottlieb, 1795-1858 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Saphir, Moritz Gottlieb, 1795-1858.
German literature -- Jewish authors -- Translations into English.
German literature -- Jewish authors.
German literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism.
German literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
German literature.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject German wit and humor.
German wit and humor.
Jewish wit and humor.
Jewish wit and humor.
Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life.
Jews.
Germany.
Intellectual life.
Judaism and literature -- Germany.
Judaism and literature.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Translations.
Other Form: Print version: Chase, Jefferson S. Inciting laughter 3110162997 (DLC) 99058591 (OCoLC)42976808
ISBN 9783110813838 (e-book)
3110813831 (e-book)
9783110162998
3110162997
Standard No. 10.1515/9783110813838