'All these things one has to endure from these Germans': German stage characters as means to criticize changing social positions in seventeenth-century Amsterdam
Abstract: In seventeenth-century Dutch theatre many stereotypical German characters appeared on the stage. Uncouth, ridiculous Germans speaking Dutch/German pidgin became a stereotypical joke in comic theatre, and this caricature enhanced the reception and entertainment value of a play. Moreover, pl...
| Published in: | Dutch Crossing |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10067/1494120151162165141 https://repository.uantwerpen.be/docman/irua/26b687/149412_2020_02_01.pdf |