Harlequin Besieged: The Reception of Comedy in Germany During the Early Enlightenment (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783261047335)

This study presents the set of audience expectations for German comedy that obtained within the growing literary public sphere of the 1740's. Reviews of isolated plays are used to generate a hypothetical horizon , which is then tested in an examination of three complex debates of scandalous comedies. As important was the participation of texts in the reception process, whereby authors could not only react to public criticism but also try to guide it. The goal is a better understanding of what the emerging middle class expected of its literature at this early stage.

Author: Volkmar Sander
ISBN-10: 326104733X
ISBN-13: 9783261047335
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
Language: English
Published: 12/31/1980
Pages: 203
Format: Paperback