Persistence of folly : on the origins of German dramatic literature /
"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 r...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library
2018.
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| Series: | Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt21h4wxh |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 354 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501727122 1501727125 9781501727139 1501727133 1501727109 9781501727108 9781501727115 1501727117 |