Comical Modernity: Popular Humour and the Transformation of Urban Space in Late Nineteenth Century Vienna

Comical Modernity looks at the years between 1857-1890, a period of dramatic urban renewal within Vienna during which the city’s rapidly changing face was a popular topic in publications. This book shows how humor provided access to understanding modernity in an era of radical change, thus broadening our understanding of the cultural history of nineteenth-century Vienna.

Heidi Hakkarainen is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Turku, Finland. She has recently contributed to a research project on ＂Viral Culture in Early Nineteenth-Century Europe＂.