The Soul of Wit: Joke Theory from Grimm to Freud

by Carl Hill

Witz first became a burning issue for German intellectuals after 1671 when le P re Dominique Bonhours in his Entretiens d'Artiste et d'Eug ne informed them that they didn't have any. According to Bonhours, it wasn't really the Germans' fault that they were a little dim, it is just that they live in a cold climate and tend to be fat. A feud between French bel esprit and German Intellekt erupted that has persisted ever since...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803223692
• ISBN13: 9780803223691
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 9.3"