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A Companion to the Works of Thomas Mann
Sixteen new, carefully focused essays on the prose works of one of the great writers of modernity. Thomas Mann is among the greatest of German prose writers, and was the first …
A Companion to the Works of Friedrich Schiller
New essays providing a in-depth view of the many facets of the great world poet's work. Friedrich Schiller is not merely one of Germany's foremost poets. He is also one of the …
A History of Austrian Literature 1918-2000
New essays examine 20th-c. Austrian literature in relation to history, politics, and popular culture. 20th-century Austrian literature boasts many outstanding writers: Schnitzler, …
A Companion to the Works of Heinrich Heine
A collection of new essays treating the most important aspects of the work of the most famous late Romantic, Heinrich Heine. As the most prominent German-Jewish Romantic writer, …
Stefan Zweig and World Literature
A new critical assessment of the works of the Austrian-Jewish author, in whom there has been a recent resurgence of interest, from the perspective of world literature. The …
Enlightenment Thought in the Writings of Goethe
Shows Goethe, the most famous of German writers, as a child of the Enlightenment. Throughout his oeuvre Goethe invokes the writers and thinkers of the Enlightenment: Voltaire and …
A Companion to the Literature of German Expressionism
New essays examining the complex period of rich artistic ferment that was German literary Expressionism. More than any other avant-garde movement, German Expressionism captures the …
German Memory Contests
Essays shedding light on the increasingly open cultural debate on the German past. Since unification in 1990, Germany has seen a boom in the confrontation with memory, evident in a …
A Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti
New essays providing a comprehensive scholarly introduction to the great writer and thinker Canetti. The Bulgarian-born scholar and author Elias Canetti was one of the most astute …
Tatort Germany
New essays by leading scholars examining today's vibrant and innovative German crime fiction, along with its historical background. Although George Bernard Shaw quipped that "the …
A Companion to the Nibelungenlied
Key topics in important German medieval work surveyed and reassessed. Few works of the middle ages can boast the `staying power' of the 'heroic' Nibelungenlied and few have …
Freud's Theory and Its Use in Literary and Cultural Studies
A genuinely accessible introduction to Freud's theory and its application to literary and cultural studies. Few figures have had as much influence on Western thought as Sigmund …