Irony's antics : Walser, Kafka, Roth, and the German comic tradition /

This book marks a major intervention into the underexplored role of the comic in German letters. At the book's heart is the relationship between the comic and irony. Weitzman argues that in the early twentieth century, irony, a key figure for the German Romantics, reemerged from its relegation...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weitzman, Erica (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Walser, Robert, > 1878-1956 > Criticism and interpretation. Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924 > Criticism and interpretation. Roth, Joseph, > 1894-1939 > Criticism and interpretation. German literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Irony in literature. Comic, The, in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Kafka, Franz, > 1883-1924. Roth, Joseph, > 1894-1939. Walser, Robert, > 1878-1956. German literature. 1900 - 1999 Ironie. Komik.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : the comic ethos
Senses of humor : the origins of comic irony
The playgrounds of literature : Robert Walser
Slap happy : comic Kafka
Bearing wit to history : Joseph Roth
Conclusion : last laughs.