Chapter
Humor as battleground
pp.:
47 – 71
The legacy of the pamphlet war
pp.:
71 – 74
CHAPTER 3. The Handle and The Blade: Ludwig Börne’s Serious Humor
pp.:
74 – 79
Börne’s attitudes toward Jewishness and humor
pp.:
79 – 91
Börne as arts critic
pp.:
91 – 101
Affinities between Börne and Menzel
pp.:
101 – 109
Börne’s “direct” political writings
pp.:
109 – 114
The anti-Judenwitz backlash
pp.:
114 – 124
Menzel as Börne apologist
pp.:
124 – 127
Börne’s response
pp.:
127 – 133
The Börne-Menzel estrangement
pp.:
133 – 143
Börne’s final shift
pp.:
143 – 146
Börne’s individual reception
pp.:
146 – 149
CHAPTER 4. “Who Gets the Job Now?” Heinrich Heine and the J. G. Cotta Publishing House
pp.:
149 – 154
Heine’s early contact with Cotta
pp.:
154 – 159
Judenwitz and literary talent
pp.:
159 – 167
The Baths of Lucca
pp.:
167 – 183
The backlash against The Baths of Lucca and its influence on Cotta
pp.:
183 – 190
Atta Troll
pp.:
190 – 199
Cotta’s neglect and Heine’s individual reception
pp.:
199 – 203
CHAPTER 5. Reading for the Plot: Judenwitz in and as Literary History
pp.:
203 – 205
The core myth of German literary history
pp.:
205 – 217
The adaptation of the myth over time
pp.:
217 – 232
Continuity and caesura
pp.:
232 – 234
CONCLUSION
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234 – 239
TRANSLATONS
pp.:
239 – 241
Introduction
pp.:
241 – 242
From: The Killed-Off Yet Still Alive and Kicking M. G. Saphir, or: Thirteen Dramatic Poets and a Magician Against One Lone Editor
pp.:
242 – 245
From: Come Here! or: Dear Public, Look and Trust Whom You Please
pp.:
245 – 248
“On Börne”
pp.:
251 – 254
The Jews in Frankfurt am Main
pp.:
254 – 257
Theater Reviews
pp.:
257 – 263
From: Monograph of the German Post Snail: A Contribution to the Natural History of Mollusks and Testaceans
pp.:
263 – 269
From: Letters from Paris
pp.:
269 – 272
From: Menzel, the Frenchmen’s Scourge
pp.:
272 – 276
The Baths of Lucca
pp.:
276 – 323
Bibliography
pp.:
323 – 323
Primary Sources
pp.:
323 – 327
Secondary Sources
pp.:
327 – 337