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Verlorenes Lachen

Blasphemisches Gelächter in der deutschen Literatur von der Aufklärung bis zur Gegenwart
  • Stefan Busch
Language: German
Published/Copyright: 2004
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In the wake of Enlightenment doubt and the theodicy problem, blasphemous laughter quickly developed into a literary motif around the middle of the 18th century. The study begins by discussing the theological, anthropological, and social conditions favouring this phenomenon. Subsequently, an analysis of canonical texts from three centuries (by Lessing, Tieck, Büchner, Hauptmann, Bataille, Thomas Mann, Christa Wolf, etc.) traces the process by which the motif of blasphemous laughter 'ages' to the point of obsolescence, ultimately becoming an element in a postmodern citation game.


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eBook published on:
October 24, 2012
eBook ISBN:
9783110915167
Hardcover published on:
December 29, 2003
Hardcover ISBN:
9783484321182
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Reprint 2012
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