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Cornell University Press Persistence of Folly: On the Origins of German Dramatic Literature (Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought)

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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. Review "The quality of the work is high, the topic is well chosen, the writing is very good, the research is superb. The book does an excellent job of fleshing out the historical development of German drama, the meaning of the fool, and our understanding of two canonical works by Goethe and Kleist." Author: Mark W. Roche, Joyce Professor of German and Concurrent Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, and author of Tragedy and Comedy: A Systematic Study and a Critique of Hegel "Persistence of Folly has a clear and entertaining line of argumentation, the reader will have no trouble enjoying its sophisticated analysis. This is an excellent book." Author: Daniel Purdy, Professor of German Studies, Penn State, and author of On the Ruins of Babel: Architectural Metaphor in German Thought "Persistence of Folly advances an original claim about the origins of the German dramatic tradition. Scholarship in this area has been scant in recent years, and in focusing on the figure of the fool, Lande has chosen a compelling point of entry for an important new account. The research is superb." Author: Mark Roche, Joyce Professor of German and Concurrent Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, and author of Tragedy and Comedy About the Author Joel Lande is an Assistant Professor in the Department of German at Princeton University.

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Brand: Cornell University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1501727109
Category: Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > Drama > Type
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Release Date: 15 December 2018
Listed Since: 15 March 2018

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