The Austrian comic tradition : studies in honour of W.E. Yates / edited by John R.P. McKenzie and Lesley Sharpe.
This volume brings together fourteen essays from internationally renowned scholars, ranging over 150 years of the Austrian comic tradition, from Blumauer in the late eighteenth century to Horvath in the twentieth. An introductory essay explores the notion of such a tradition and thus places the cont...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©1998.
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| Series: | Austrian studies ;
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| Summary: | This volume brings together fourteen essays from internationally renowned scholars, ranging over 150 years of the Austrian comic tradition, from Blumauer in the late eighteenth century to Horvath in the twentieth. An introductory essay explores the notion of such a tradition and thus places the contributions in context. A central core of essays deals with the work of Johann Nestroy, one of the leading figures in the history of German-language comedy and Vienna's best-known playwright. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 279 pages) : portrait. |
| Bibliography: | "W.E. Yates, a bibliography": pages xiv-xviii. Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 0585086923 9780585086927 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |