Dr. Joel Lande

Biography

Joel B. Lande is an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of German at Princeton University. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago. Dr. Lande has been recognized with various fellowships, including those at Princeton University. His academic expertise includes aesthetics and poetics, history and theory, literature, and philosophy, with a special focus on eighteenth- and early-nineteenth century German literature, particularly drama. He has spent considerable time at European universities including Universität Konstanz and Humboldt Universität Berlin. His research explores the relationship between literary form and transformations of knowledge from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Dr. Lande is the author of "Persistence of Folly: Origins of German Dramatic Literature," published in 2018, which analyzes the critical role of the figure of the fool in the development of German dramatic literature. His work highlights the dramaturgical logic behind the fool's appearance in various plays. Additionally, he has co-edited works addressing different aspects of literary history and has published essays in prestigious journals such as MLN and the Goethe Yearbook.

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