Eva Bauer - Böcker

Entanglements, Narratives, and the Environment: Inter-American Perspectives provides an interdisciplinary ecocritical reading of narratives and environmental entanglements from an Inter-American perspective, predominantly providing literary, film, and cultural analysis of texts from the Americas. In light of Amitav Ghosh’s (2016) exploration of “a crisis of the imagination” in the face of climate change and environmental degradation, this book addresses the potential of literature, history, and politics in comprehending the profound dimensions and violence of these challenges. The chapters show, among others, that the Anthropocene demands fresh narratives and theoretical perspectives, particularly within the framework of Inter-American Studies, which can offer a new venue to discuss pressing issues and to provide intersectional and inter-regional considerations. Thus, drawing on Inter-American perspective with its hemispheric perspectives opens the possibilities for an ecocritical reading of the complexities and relationalities of the climate crisis in the humanities as well as the social sciences. As a result, the book includes historical and political analysis, as well as literary, cultural and film analysis of texts from the Americas. The chapters engage in deconstructing popular myths, de-centering Western approaches, and eventually show through these critical engagements how the climate crisis demands multi-dimensional readings.

Das Anegenge ist ein frühmittelhochdeutscher geistlicher Text, der unikal in der Wiener Sammelhandschrift 2696 überliefert ist. Thematisch stehen vor allem Fragen nach Gott vor der Schöpfung, dem Zusammenwirken der Trinität im Kontext von Schöpfung, Sündenfall und Erlösung oder der Erlösbarkeit des Menschen nach dem Lapsus im Fokus. Die vorliegende Arbeit unternimmt eine umfassende Revision des in der Forschung häufig als problematisch erachteten Anegenge: Auf der Grundlage einer handschriftennahen Neuedition wird das Anegenge philologisch wie interpretatorisch neu erschlossen.