Comical Modernity

Name: Comical Modernity
Brand: Berghahn Books

Berghahn Books

Though long associated with a small group of coffeehouse elites around the turn of the twentieth century, Viennese \u201Cmodernist\u201D culture had roots that reached much further back and beyond the rarefied sphere of high culture. In Comical Modernity, Heidi Hakkarainen looks at Vienna in the second half of the nineteenth century, a period of dramatic urban renewal during which the city\u2019s rapidly changing face was a mainstay of humorous magazines, books, and other publications aimed at middle-class audiences. As she shows, humor provided a widely accessible means of negotiating an era of radical change.\n\nComical Modernity\nPopular Humour and the Transformation of Urban Space in Late Nineteenth Century Vienna\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price advertised is as low as we can go, we do not accept offers.\n\nThough long associated with a small group of coffeeh;