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Alfred Döblin
'If you're satisfied with yourself, beware of D blin.' It was with this temptation for brave souls that G nter Grass closed his tribute on the tenth anniversary of the great …
Childhood, Memory, and the Nation
In the 1990s and 2000s, at a time when newly-reunified Germany seemed to be turning towards its future, public debates were dominated by those who had spent their early lives under …
Georg Hermann
Following the success of his novel Jettchen Gebert (1906), Georg Hermann (1871-1943) became one of Germany's best-loved authors: Schnitzler called him 'the Jewish Fontane'.
Poetry, Painting, Park
The Law of Poetry
The place of Friedrich Holderlin (1770-1843) in European literature is assured, and his significance for the development of German philosophy widely acknowledged. Here the focus is …
Writing Across Time in the Twelfth Century
The 12th century saw an explosion of interest in the Roman past by authors all over Europe, who were looking for historical templates they could use to model the emerging political …
Franz Grillparzer's Dramatic Heroines
Franz Grillparzer's (1791-1872) heroines - Sappho, Medea and Libussa among them - have engaged and intrigued audiences and readers since the nineteenth century. In his study of …
Karoline von Günderrode
Foreign Parts
How British was the British theatre during and after the Second World War? This book tells the unique story of five German-speaking actors who, after arriving as refugees from Nazi …