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Animal, Vegetal, Marginal

Animal, Vegetal, Marginal The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka - German Jewish Cultures

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Between the Kaiser's and Hitler's Reichs, the genre of die Groteske, or the German literary grotesque, sold out cabarets, drew droves of radio listeners, and created bestsellers with its irreverent comedy and critique. At the same time, its authors were ruthlessly censored for their satire of society, leaving die Groteske virtually unknown today.
As the first full-length study of the genre, Animal, Vegetal, Marginal recovers this short prose form, which draws on the perspectives of marginalized animals, plants, and individuals to challenge what it means to be human. Author Joela Jacobs traces the development of the genre and its variations from the work of Oskar Panizza, Hanns Heinz Ewers, and Salomo Friedlaender to Franz Kafka.
Animal, Vegetal, Marginal shows how marginalized and nonhuman voices mounted resistance against the rise of the biopolitical structures underpinning nationalism, racism, and antisemitism in the decades leading up to the Second World War.

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Indiana University Press

Book information

ISBN: 9780253071972
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 838.9120915
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 282
Weight: 585g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm