Inciting Laughter : The Development of Jewish Humor in 19th Century German Culture.

Intro -- CHAPTER 1. Vicious Circles: Judenwitz as Stereotype and Strategy -- Humor as crux of majority/minority identity -- Judenwitz as Sign of German Particularity -- Conclusion -- CHAPTER 2. The Pamphlet War: Moritz Gottlieb Saphir in Berlin 1826-30 -- Saphir's arrival and the beginning of the conflict -- Humor as battleground -- The legacy of the pamphlet war -- CHAPTER 3. The Handle and The Blade: Ludwig Börne's Serious Humor -- Börne's attitudes toward Jewishness and humor -- Börne as arts critic -- Affinities between Börne and Menzel -- Börne's "direct" political writings -- The anti-Judenwitz backlash -- Menzel as Börne apologist -- Börne's response -- The Börne-Menzel estrangement -- Börne's final shift -- Börne's individual reception -- CHAPTER 4. "Who Gets the Job Now?" Heinrich Heine and the J. G. Cotta Publishing House -- Heine's early contact with Cotta -- Judenwitz and literary talent -- The Baths of Lucca -- The backlash against The Baths of Lucca and its influence on Cotta -- Atta Troll -- Cotta's neglect and Heine's individual reception -- CHAPTER 5. Reading for the Plot: Judenwitz in and as Literary History -- The core myth of German literary history -- The adaptation of the myth over time -- Continuity and caesura -- CONCLUSION -- TRANSLATONS -- Introduction -- From: The Killed-Off Yet Still Alive and Kicking M. G. Saphir, or: Thirteen Dramatic Poets and a Magician Against One Lone Editor -- From: Come Here! or: Dear Public, Look and Trust Whom You Please -- On Witz -- "On Börne" -- The Jews in Frankfurt am Main -- Theater Reviews -- From: Monograph of the German Post Snail: A Contribution to the Natural History of Mollusks and Testaceans -- From: Letters from Paris -- From: Menzel, the Frenchmen's Scourge -- The Baths of Lucca -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.

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