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A Companion to the Works of Stefan George
New, wide-ranging essays on the controversial poet, who was both a harbinger of Modernism and a critic of modernity. Stefan George (1868-1933) is along with Hugo von Hofmannsthal …
Traumatic Verses
Close readings of -- and the stories behind -- poems that are direct documents of the Holocaust. Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Christianstadt, Dachau. The names of Nazi concentration …
Comparative Romanticisms: Power, Gender, Subjectivity
Essays on key aspects of Romanticism, viewed in a wider European context. Despite a century of sustained critical activity and an interest level in the last ten years never before …
German and European Poetics after the Holocaust
New essays on poetical and theoretical responses to the Holocaust's rupture of German and European civilization. Crisis presents chances for change and creativity: Adorno's famous …
Germany's Other Modernism
Demonstrates, contrary to conventional wisdom, that European modernism developed not only in the great metropolitan centers, but also in provincial cities such as Jena. The …
Heinrich von Kleist
WINNER of the 2023 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award Volume of new essays investigating Kleist's influences and sources both literary and philosophical, their role as …
A Companion to the Works of Hartmann von Aue
New essays on major aspects of the work of the great medieval German poet. In perhaps 25 years of creative productivity (ca. 1180-ca. 1205), Hartmann von Aue authored a dispute …
A Companion to the Works of Robert Musil
A fresh and extensive look at the works of the great Austrian novelist in the context of the German and Austrian culture of his time. A panel of authors, critics, and academics …
A Companion to Wagner's Parsifal
New essays demonstrating and exploring the abiding fascination of Wagner's controversial work. Richard Wagner's Parsifal remains an inexhaustible yet highly controversial work. …
Heights of Reflection
Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century. Mountains have always stirred the human …
Nietzsche’s Early Literary Writings and The Birth of Tragedy
Understands Nietzsche in the light of his activity as a creative writer from his juvenilia through the publication of The Birth of Tragedy, providing the first extensive study in …
Sophie Discovers Amerika
Cultural and literary historians investigate the unique literary bridge between German-speaking women and the "New World," examining novels, films, travel literature, poetry, …