Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka by Jacobs, Joela

Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka

Animal, Vegetal, Marginal explores the oft-forgotten yet provocative German genre of die Groteske, or the literary grotesque....
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Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka by Jacobs, Joela

Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka

CHF 39.23

Animal, Vegetal, Marginal: The German Literary Grotesque from Panizza to Kafka

CHF 39.23
Author: Joela Jacobs
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Animal, Vegetal, Marginal explores the oft-forgotten yet provocative German genre of die Groteske, or the literary grotesque. This short prose form challenges the norms of being human and being accepted as such by society in exaggerated and satirical ways. Between the Kaiser's and Hitler's Reichs, the genre's irreverent comedy and criticism sold out cabarets, drew droves of radio listeners, and created bestsellers.

Yet, because its authors were ruthlessly censored and persecuted, die Groteske is virtually unknown today and neglected by scholarship.
Joela Jacobs examines the development and influence of the genre on some of its leading exponents, including Oskar Panizza, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Salomo Friedlaender, and Franz Kafka.

Animal, Vegetal, Marginal is the first full-length study of the genre and shows how its portrayals of marginalized and nonhuman perspectives mounted resistance against the rise of the biopolitical structures underpinning nationalism, racism, and antisemitism.



Author: Joela Jacobs
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 03/04/2025
Pages: 282
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9780253071989

About the Author

Joela Jacobs is Assistant Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona. Her research engages with plants, animals, the environment, Jewish identity, science, gender, and sexuality in Germanophone literature and culture since the nineteenth century. She cofounded and maintains the Literary and Cultural Plant Studies Network.


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