The article examines the different concepts of humour in German comedies of the early modern period. A special feature of German comedies is that they are not funny, but serve various other purposes. The so-called Freudenspiel is particularly revealing in this respect, which is characterised above all by its play with intertextuality.

Comic intertextuality. The strange humour of the German “Freudenspiel”

Zittel, Claus
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Abstract

The article examines the different concepts of humour in German comedies of the early modern period. A special feature of German comedies is that they are not funny, but serve various other purposes. The so-called Freudenspiel is particularly revealing in this respect, which is characterised above all by its play with intertextuality.
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Brill’s Companion to Humour in Early Modern Europe (1400-1700)
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