Satire and society in Wilhelmine Germany Kladderadatsch & Simplicissimus, 1890-1914 / Ann Taylor Allen.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 A Playful Judgment: The Social Function of Humor; 2 Kladderadatsch, Simplicissimus, and German History; 3 Politics as Theater: The Satirical Portrait of the Kaiser and His Subjects; 4 Köpenick Revisited: The Satirists Look at War and Militarism; 5 Sex and Satire: Simplicissimus Looks at Family Life; 6 The Assault of Laughter: The Satirists versus the Establishment; 7 Kladderadatsch, Simplicissimus, and the Weimar Republic; 8 Protest and Innovation: Satire and Social Change; Notes; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E.

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The reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II was a transitional period in German history when the traditions of the nineteenth century were coming into conflict with the emerging cultural, social, and political patterns of the twentieth century. The resulting tensions were clearly reflected in the period's leading satirical journals, Kladderadatsch and Simplicissimus. Both journals appealed to a diverse middle-class readership and attracted widespread attention through their flamboyant and sometimes scurrilous attacks on authority. Their satire, expressed through cartoons, anecdotes, verse, and fiction, ra.

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