Publisher's Synopsis
Hans Breitmann's Ballads is a collection of humorous and satirical poems written by Charles Godfrey Leland. The poems are written in a unique dialect that imitates the German language and culture, and they follow the adventures of the fictional character Hans Breitmann. Through his escapades, Hans Breitmann satirizes various aspects of American society, including politics, religion, and culture. The poems are filled with puns, wordplay, and clever rhymes, making them both entertaining and thought-provoking. Originally published in 1871, Hans Breitmann's Ballads has become a classic of American humor and remains popular to this day.1914. In the trying time of the Civil War, a journalist named Charles Godfrey Leland began sprinkling his letters with verses on the life and adventures of a fictitious German-American he called Hans Breitmann. The people who received those macaronic verses, written in an original and skillful combination of German and English, took them more seriously than did their creator and began sending them off to newspapers and magazines. Once in print, Breitmann's ballads would not die and popular demand became so strong that, from 1868 to 1871, five series were published to satisfy it. Their popularity continues to the present day. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
