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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Autor Principal: Lande, Joel B. (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press and Cornell University Library 2018.
Series:Signale (Ithaca, N.Y.)
Acceso en liña:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt21h4wxh
Table of 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.