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Author Lande, Joel B., author

Title Persistence of folly : on the origins of German dramatic literature / Joel B. Lande
Published Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library, 2018
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Description 1 online resource (x, 354 pages)
Series Signale : modern German letters, cultures, and thought
Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Contents The fool at play -- Fabricating comedy and fate of the fool in the age of reform -- Life, theater, and the restoration of the fool -- The vitality of folly in Goethe's Faust and Kleist's Jug
Summary "Persistence of Folly revises the conventional literary-historical narrative of German theater (and literature) through the lens of the stage fool. Including original interpretations of Goethe's Faust (1808) and Kleist's Broken Jug (1811), this study considers how the stage fool was reworked and redeployed over two centuries, helping to create a German literature of world-historical rank"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 06, 2018)
Subject German drama -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
German drama -- 18th century -- History and criticism
Fools and jesters in literature.
German drama (Comedy) -- History and criticism
DRAMA -- Continental European.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Germany.
Fools and jesters in literature.
German drama.
German drama (Comedy)
German drama -- Early modern.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
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