"When somebody writes the history of our country after World War II, they will be able to confidently do without the tons of papers printed by social researchers and turn to Loriots collected works: that is who we are, in splendor and misery," writes Christoph Stölzl in the afterword to Loriot's collected prose. This volume takes an interdisciplinary perspective to argue that Loriots work is a condensed form of FRG history. R. Singer im Gespräch mit Loriots Co-Regisseur S. Lukschy [R. Singer in conversation with Loriot's co-director S. Lukschy]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7I0o3nHB See also: Loriot war am ehesten ein Melancholiker: Stefan Lukschy im Interview https://blog.degruyter.com/loriot-war-am-ehesten-ein-melancholiker-stefan-lukschy-im-interview/

Anna Bers, Georg August University, Göttingen; Claudia Hillebrandt, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany.