"Weitzman's theoretical knowledge is staggering . . . Summing Up: Recommended." —CHOICE
"Weitzman's knowledge of her subject is compelling. She demonstrates thorough familiarity with the theory and history of irony and the comic, as well as with the concepts of wit, play, and jokes. Moreover, as should be evident by now, she is impressively conversant with the German philosophical tradition that informs her eminently theoretical arguments. Irony's Antics is, in short, a high-caliber, innovative addition to the literature on comedy in a cultural tradition that is reputed to be lacking in it." —Monatshefte
"Weitzman has written a thoughtful, thorough, and challenging work of criticism, which should be of great value to scholars of irony and comedy within and beyond the walls of German and Austrian studies, as well as scholars of the three primary authors in question." —The German Quarterly
