Shandean Humour in English and German Literature and Philosophy
Edited by Klaus Vieweg, James Vigus and Kathleen M. Wheeler
Click cover to enlarge | Legenda 4 March 2013 • 200pp ISBN: 978-1-907975-31-8 (hardback) • RRP £80, $110, €95 GermanEnglishFictionPhilosophy One of many writers inspired by Laurence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy, the German novelist Jean Paul Richter coined the term ‘Shandean humour’ in his work of aesthetic theory. The essays in this volume investigate how Sterne’s humour functions, the reasons for its enduring appeal, and what role it played in identity-construction and in the representation of melancholy. In tracing its hitherto under-recognised impact both on literary writers, such as Jean Paul and Herman Melville, and on philosophers, including Hegel and Marx, the collection reveals that Shandean humour is a Grenzgänger - a point of commerce not only between Anglophone and German discourses, but also between literature and philosophy. Klaus Vieweg is Professor of Philosophy at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena; James Vigus is Lecturer in English at Queen Mary, University of London; Kathleen M. Wheeler is Reader in English Literature at the University of Cambridge. Contents: Bibliography entry: Vieweg, Klaus, James Vigus, and Kathleen M. Wheeler (eds), Shandean Humour in English and German Literature and Philosophy (Cambridge: Legenda, 2013) First footnote reference: 35 Shandean Humour in English and German Literature and Philosophy, ed. by Klaus Vieweg, James Vigus and Kathleen M. Wheeler (Cambridge: Legenda, 2013), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Vieweg, Vigus, and Wheeler, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Vieweg, Klaus, James Vigus, and Kathleen M. Wheeler (eds). 2013. Shandean Humour in English and German Literature and Philosophy (Cambridge: Legenda) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Vieweg, Vigus, and Wheeler 2013: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Vieweg, Vigus, and Wheeler 2013: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.)
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