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Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 354 Seiten).

ISBN: 978-1-5017-2712-2

Series Statement: Signale: Modern German letters, cultures, and thought

Content: Joel B. Lande’s Persistence of Folly challenges the accepted account of the origins of German theater by focusing on the misunderstood figure of the fool, whose spontaneous and impish jest captivated audiences, critics, and playwrights from the late sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. Lande radically expands the scope of literary historical inquiry, showing that the fool was not a distraction from attempts to establish a serious dramatic tradition in the German language. Instead, the fool was both a fixture on the stage and a nearly ubiquitous theme in an array of literary critical, governmental, moral-philosophical, and medical discourses, figuring centrally in broad-based efforts to assign laughter a proper time, place, and proportion in society.Persistence of Folly reveals the fool as a cornerstone of the dynamic process that culminated in the works of Lessing, Goethe, and Kleist. By reorienting the history of German theater, Lande’s work conclusively shows that the highpoint of German literature around 1800 did not eliminate irreverent jest in the name of serious drama, but instead developed highly refined techniques for integrating the comic tradition of the stage fool

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-5017-2710-8

Language: English

Subjects: German Studies

Keywords: Deutsch ; Drama ; Narr

DOI: 10.7591/9781501727122

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Author information: Lande, Joel B.

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Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 1-5017-2711-7 , 1-5017-2712-5

Series Statement: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought

Content: Joel B. Lande's Persistence of Folly challenges the accepted account of the origins of German theater by focusing on the misunderstood figure of the fool, whose spontaneous and impish jest captivated audiences, critics, and playwrights from the late sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. Lande radically expands the scope of literary historical inquiry, showing that the fool was not a distraction from attempts to establish a serious dramatic tradition in the German language. Instead, the fool was both a fixture on the stage and a nearly ubiquitous theme in an array of literary critical, governmental, moral-philosophical, and medical discourses, figuring centrally in broad-based efforts to assign laughter a proper time, place, and proportion in society.Persistence of Folly reveals the fool as a cornerstone of the dynamic process that culminated in the works of Lessing, Goethe, and Kleist. By reorienting the history of German theater, Lande's work conclusively shows that the highpoint of German literature around 1800 did not eliminate irreverent jest in the name of serious drama, but instead developed highly refined techniques for integrating the comic tradition of the stage fool.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , Part I. The Fool at Play -- , 1. Birth of a Comic Form -- , 2. Strolling Players and the Advent of the Fool -- , 3. Practice of Stage Interaction -- , 4. The Fool's Space and Time -- , Part II. Fabricating Comedy and the Fate of the Fool in the Age of Reform -- , 5. Making Comedy Whole -- , 6. Biases in Precedent -- , 7. Sanitation and Unity -- , 8. Comedic Plot, Comic Time, Dramatic Time -- , Part III. Life, Theater, and the Restoration of the Fool -- , 9. Policey and the Legitimacy of Delight -- , 10. The Place of Laughter in Life -- , 11. National Literature I: Improvement -- , 12. National Literature II: Custom -- , Part IV. The Vitality of Folly in Goethe's Faust and Kleist's Jug -- , 13. Faust I: Setting the Stage -- , 14. Faust II: Mirroring and Framing in the Form of Faust -- , 15. Faust III: The Diabolical Comic -- , 16. Antinomies of the Classical: On Kleist's Broken Jug -- , Postlude -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-2710-9

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-2713-3

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books. ; Electronic books.

DOI: 10.7591/9781501727122

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501727122

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Format: x, 354 Seiten , 3 Illustrationen, 1 Diagramm , 23 cm

ISBN: 9781501727115 , 9781501727108

Series Statement: Signale: Modern German letters, cultures, and thought

Content: Zusammenfassung: "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

Note: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 325-341 , Mit Register

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781501727139

Additional Edition: ISBN 9781501727122

Language: English

Subjects: German Studies

Keywords: Deutsch ; Drama ; Narr ; Geschichte 1500-1832 ; Deutsch ; Drama ; Narr ; Geschichte 1500-1832

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Author information: Lande, Joel B.

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Format: 1 online resource : , 4 b&w halftones

ISBN: 9781501727122

Series Statement: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought

Content: Joel B. Lande’s Persistence of Folly challenges the accepted account of the origins of German theater by focusing on the misunderstood figure of the fool, whose spontaneous and impish jest captivated audiences, critics, and playwrights from the late sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. Lande radically expands the scope of literary historical inquiry, showing that the fool was not a distraction from attempts to establish a serious dramatic tradition in the German language. Instead, the fool was both a fixture on the stage and a nearly ubiquitous theme in an array of literary critical, governmental, moral-philosophical, and medical discourses, figuring centrally in broad-based efforts to assign laughter a proper time, place, and proportion in society.Persistence of Folly reveals the fool as a cornerstone of the dynamic process that culminated in the works of Lessing, Goethe, and Kleist. By reorienting the history of German theater, Lande’s work conclusively shows that the highpoint of German literature around 1800 did not eliminate irreverent jest in the name of serious drama, but instead developed highly refined techniques for integrating the comic tradition of the stage fool.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , Part I. The Fool at Play -- , 1. Birth of a Comic Form -- , 2. Strolling Players and the Advent of the Fool -- , 3. Practice of Stage Interaction -- , 4. The Fool’s Space and Time -- , Part II. Fabricating Comedy and the Fate of the Fool in the Age of Reform -- , 5. Making Comedy Whole -- , 6. Biases in Precedent -- , 7. Sanitation and Unity -- , 8. Comedic Plot, Comic Time, Dramatic Time -- , Part III. Life, Theater, and the Restoration of the Fool -- , 9. Policey and the Legitimacy of Delight -- , 10. The Place of Laughter in Life -- , 11. National Literature I: Improvement -- , 12. National Literature II: Custom -- , Part IV. The Vitality of Folly in Goethe’s Faust and Kleist’s Jug -- , 13. Faust I: Setting the Stage -- , 14. Faust II: Mirroring and Framing in the Form of Faust -- , 15. Faust III: The Diabolical Comic -- , 16. Antinomies of the Classical: On Kleist’s Broken Jug -- , Postlude -- , Bibliography -- , Index , In English.

Language: English

DOI: 10.7591/9781501727122

URL: https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.7591/9781501727122

UID:

Format: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 354 Seiten).

ISBN: 978-1-5017-2712-2

Series Statement: Signale: Modern German letters, cultures, and thought

Content: Joel B. Lande’s Persistence of Folly challenges the accepted account of the origins of German theater by focusing on the misunderstood figure of the fool, whose spontaneous and impish jest captivated audiences, critics, and playwrights from the late sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. Lande radically expands the scope of literary historical inquiry, showing that the fool was not a distraction from attempts to establish a serious dramatic tradition in the German language. Instead, the fool was both a fixture on the stage and a nearly ubiquitous theme in an array of literary critical, governmental, moral-philosophical, and medical discourses, figuring centrally in broad-based efforts to assign laughter a proper time, place, and proportion in society.Persistence of Folly reveals the fool as a cornerstone of the dynamic process that culminated in the works of Lessing, Goethe, and Kleist. By reorienting the history of German theater, Lande’s work conclusively shows that the highpoint of German literature around 1800 did not eliminate irreverent jest in the name of serious drama, but instead developed highly refined techniques for integrating the comic tradition of the stage fool

Additional Edition: Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-5017-2710-8

Language: English

Subjects: German Studies

Keywords: Deutsch ; Drama ; Narr

DOI: 10.7591/9781501727122

URL: Volltext  (URL des Erstveröffentlichers)

Author information: Lande, Joel B.

UID:

Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 1-5017-2711-7 , 1-5017-2712-5

Series Statement: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought

Content: Joel B. Lande's Persistence of Folly challenges the accepted account of the origins of German theater by focusing on the misunderstood figure of the fool, whose spontaneous and impish jest captivated audiences, critics, and playwrights from the late sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. Lande radically expands the scope of literary historical inquiry, showing that the fool was not a distraction from attempts to establish a serious dramatic tradition in the German language. Instead, the fool was both a fixture on the stage and a nearly ubiquitous theme in an array of literary critical, governmental, moral-philosophical, and medical discourses, figuring centrally in broad-based efforts to assign laughter a proper time, place, and proportion in society.Persistence of Folly reveals the fool as a cornerstone of the dynamic process that culminated in the works of Lessing, Goethe, and Kleist. By reorienting the history of German theater, Lande's work conclusively shows that the highpoint of German literature around 1800 did not eliminate irreverent jest in the name of serious drama, but instead developed highly refined techniques for integrating the comic tradition of the stage fool.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , Part I. The Fool at Play -- , 1. Birth of a Comic Form -- , 2. Strolling Players and the Advent of the Fool -- , 3. Practice of Stage Interaction -- , 4. The Fool's Space and Time -- , Part II. Fabricating Comedy and the Fate of the Fool in the Age of Reform -- , 5. Making Comedy Whole -- , 6. Biases in Precedent -- , 7. Sanitation and Unity -- , 8. Comedic Plot, Comic Time, Dramatic Time -- , Part III. Life, Theater, and the Restoration of the Fool -- , 9. Policey and the Legitimacy of Delight -- , 10. The Place of Laughter in Life -- , 11. National Literature I: Improvement -- , 12. National Literature II: Custom -- , Part IV. The Vitality of Folly in Goethe's Faust and Kleist's Jug -- , 13. Faust I: Setting the Stage -- , 14. Faust II: Mirroring and Framing in the Form of Faust -- , 15. Faust III: The Diabolical Comic -- , 16. Antinomies of the Classical: On Kleist's Broken Jug -- , Postlude -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-2710-9

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-2713-3

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.7591/9781501727122

UID:

Format: 1 online resource

ISBN: 1-5017-2711-7 , 1-5017-2712-5

Series Statement: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought

Content: Joel B. Lande's Persistence of Folly challenges the accepted account of the origins of German theater by focusing on the misunderstood figure of the fool, whose spontaneous and impish jest captivated audiences, critics, and playwrights from the late sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. Lande radically expands the scope of literary historical inquiry, showing that the fool was not a distraction from attempts to establish a serious dramatic tradition in the German language. Instead, the fool was both a fixture on the stage and a nearly ubiquitous theme in an array of literary critical, governmental, moral-philosophical, and medical discourses, figuring centrally in broad-based efforts to assign laughter a proper time, place, and proportion in society.Persistence of Folly reveals the fool as a cornerstone of the dynamic process that culminated in the works of Lessing, Goethe, and Kleist. By reorienting the history of German theater, Lande's work conclusively shows that the highpoint of German literature around 1800 did not eliminate irreverent jest in the name of serious drama, but instead developed highly refined techniques for integrating the comic tradition of the stage fool.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Acknowledgments -- , Introduction -- , Part I. The Fool at Play -- , 1. Birth of a Comic Form -- , 2. Strolling Players and the Advent of the Fool -- , 3. Practice of Stage Interaction -- , 4. The Fool's Space and Time -- , Part II. Fabricating Comedy and the Fate of the Fool in the Age of Reform -- , 5. Making Comedy Whole -- , 6. Biases in Precedent -- , 7. Sanitation and Unity -- , 8. Comedic Plot, Comic Time, Dramatic Time -- , Part III. Life, Theater, and the Restoration of the Fool -- , 9. Policey and the Legitimacy of Delight -- , 10. The Place of Laughter in Life -- , 11. National Literature I: Improvement -- , 12. National Literature II: Custom -- , Part IV. The Vitality of Folly in Goethe's Faust and Kleist's Jug -- , 13. Faust I: Setting the Stage -- , 14. Faust II: Mirroring and Framing in the Form of Faust -- , 15. Faust III: The Diabolical Comic -- , 16. Antinomies of the Classical: On Kleist's Broken Jug -- , Postlude -- , Bibliography -- , Index , Issued also in print. , In English.

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-2710-9

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-5017-2713-3

Language: English

Keywords: Electronic books.

DOI: 10.7591/9781501727122