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FormatJournal Article
Author, AnalyticKersten, Holger
Title, AnalyticSentimental Communication in Disguise: Yawcob Strauss's German-Dialect Humor
Journal TitleThalia: Studies in Literary Humor
Date of Publication1997
Volume ID17
Issue ID1&2
Location in Work21-35, ill.
Language or Document TypeEnglish
AbstractCharles Follen Adams (1842-1918) was a Yankee of New England ancestry who, though he had "only a superficial knowledge of German-Americans and of Germany," wrote a form of dialect caricature poetry that used German-Americans to celebrate domestic sentimentality.
NotesPhotocopy
Call NumberMKI P2004-8
MKI TermsHumor & Satire/ Dialects/ German Americans/ Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Literature, American/Adams, Charles Follen, 1842-1918