Irony's antics : Walser, Kafka, Roth and the German comic tradition /
Erica Weitzman.
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, (c)2014.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : the comic ethos -- Senses of humor : the origins of comic irony -- The playgrounds of literature : Robert Walser -- Slap happy : comic Kafka -- Bearing wit to history : Joseph Roth -- Conclusion : last laughs.
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Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939 --Criticism and interpretation. Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924 --Criticism and interpretation. Walser, Robert, 1878-1956 --Criticism and interpretation.
Comic, The, in literature. Irony in literature. German literature--History and criticism.--20th century