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Struwwelpeter: Humor or Horror?
160 Years Later
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2006
Summary
A recent upsurge in interest in Der Struwwelpeter, written by Heinrich Hoffman has initiated a new wave of spin-offs, parodies, and retellings of these immensely popular stories. Hoffman's style, which is instructive and moralistic, coupled with the sadistic content of his works lend a unique quality to the stories that we don't see in contemporary children's literature. Struwwelpeter: Humor or Horror? is a critical analysis of the now infamous Struwwelpeter stories. While Hoffman intended his depictions of amputated limbs and burning children to be humorous and to warn children against misbehavior, some find the punishments can be excessively vicious. Looking beyond the history of child rearing practices and children's literature, Barbara Smith Chalou considers the socio-historic context in which the book was written and makes comparisons to contemporary children's fare that is similarly violent, but intended to be humorous.
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Edition
1/2006
Copyright Year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-1663-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-6143-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
99
Product Type
Monograph
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Chapter 1 Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Chapter 2 Childhood and Children's Literature No access Pages 11 - 28
Chapter 3 Violence as Entertainment No access Pages 29 - 42
Chapter 4 The Struwwelpeter Stories No access Pages 43 - 58
Chapter 5 Parodies, Spin-Offs, and Other Nineteenth Century Children's Stories No access Pages 59 - 70
Chapter 6 Contemporary Children's Literature and the Absence of Didacticism No access Pages 71 - 78
