W. E. Yates

Nestroy

Satire and Parody in Viennese Popular Comedy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1972 publication, the first book in English on Nestroy, discusses his possen (theatrical comedies).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 317g
• ISBN-13: 9780521168397
• ISBN-10: 0521168392
• Artikelnr.: 31981996

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
1. Nestroy's Vienna
2. The tradition of comedy: i. Hanswurst
ii. The Zauberstück
iii. The Lokalstück
iv. Parody
v. Conditions and standards
3. Nestroy's theatrical career
4. The language of satire
5. Nestroy as parodist
6. Creative adaptation
7. Radicalism
Appendices
Glossary
Select bibliography
Index.