This volume analyzes the conflation of "Jewishness" and satiric humor arising in conjunction with the authors M.G. Saphir, Ludwig Borne and Heinrich Heine, whose wit inspired considerable public controversy in the period 1820-1850.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Vicious Circles: Judenwitz as Stereotype and Strategy -- Chapter 2. The Pamphlet War: Moritz Gottlieb Saphir in Berlin 1826-30 -- Chapter 3. The Handle and The Blade: Ludwig Börne's Serious Humor -- Chapter 4. "Who Gets the Job Now?" Heinrich Heine and the J. G. Cotta Publishing House -- Chapter 5. Reading for the Plot: Judenwitz in and as Literary History -- Conclusion -- Translations -- Bibliography -- Index