New Directions in German Studies – serie
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171 produkter
Out of Place
German Realism, Displacement and Modernity
Av John B. Lyon
E-bok, 2013
684 kr
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In late nineteenth-century Germany, the onset of modernity transformed how people experienced place. In response to increased industrialization and urbanization, the expansion of international capitalism, and the extension of railway and other travel networks, the sense of being connected to a …
From Kafka to Sebald
Modernism and Narrative Form
Av Sabine Wilke
E-bok, 2012
520 kr
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This volume is a response to a renewed interest in narrative form in contemporary literary studies, taking up the question of literary narratives and their encounters with modernism and postmodernism within the German-language milieu. Original essays written by scholars of German and Comparative …
Out of Place
German Realism, Displacement and Modernity
Av John B. Lyon
E-bok, 2013
699 kr
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In late nineteenth-century Germany, the onset of modernity transformed how people experienced place. In response to increased industrialization and urbanization, the expansion of international capitalism, and the extension of railway and other travel networks, the sense of being connected to a …
Citation and Precedent
Conjunctions and Disjunctions of German Law and Literature
Av Thomas Oliver Beebee, Imke Meyer
Inbunden, 2011
2275 kr
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This book traces a history of the sometimes fraught relationship between German law and literature in the modern period, from Grimm to Schmitt. Among Western literatures, only the German-speaking countries can boast a list of world-class writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, Kleist, Kafka, Schmitt, and …
Vienna's Dreams of Europe
Culture and Identity Beyond the Nation-State
E-bok, 2015
592 kr
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Vienna's Dreams of Europe puts forward a convincing counter-narrative to the prevailing story of Austria's place in Europe since the Enlightenment. For a millennium, Austrian writers have used images of Europe and its hegemonic culture as their political and cultural reference points. Yet in …
From Kafka to Sebald
Modernism and Narrative Form
Av Sabine Wilke
Inbunden, 2012
2275 kr
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This volume is a response to a renewed interest in narrative form in contemporary literary studies, taking up the question of literary narratives and their encounters with modernism and postmodernism within the German-language milieu. Original essays written by scholars of German and Comparative …
Beyond Discontent
'Sublimation' from Goethe to Lacan
E-bok, 2012
699 kr
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According to Freud''s later works, we do not really feel well or free within civilization. Our discontent never disappears, and we shall never become completely reliable members of society. Alcohol already suffices, Freud tells us, to ruin the fragile architecture of sublimations. Since ''Beyond …
Image in Outline
Reading Lou Andreas-Salomé
E-bok, 2012
520 kr
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This new study introduces the reader into Lou Andreas-Salomé''s critical and creative engagement with modern thought. Through detailed explorations of some of her major texts, Brinker-Gabler examines Andreas-Salomé''s unique perspective within contemporary discourses attentive to meaning, …
Out of Place
German Realism, Displacement and Modernity
Av John B. Lyon
Inbunden, 2013
2275 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In late nineteenth-century Germany, the onset of modernity transformed how people experienced place. In response to increased industrialization and urbanization, the expansion of international capitalism, and the extension of railway and other travel networks, the sense of being connected to a …
Image in Outline
Reading Lou Andreas-Salomé
E-bok, 2012
509 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This new study introduces the reader into Lou Andreas-Salomé''s critical and creative engagement with modern thought. Through detailed explorations of some of her major texts, Brinker-Gabler examines Andreas-Salomé''s unique perspective within contemporary discourses attentive to meaning, …
Citation and Precedent
Conjunctions and Disjunctions of German Law and Literature
E-bok, 2011
592 kr
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Among Western literatures, only the German-speaking countries can boast a list of world-class writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, Kleist, Kafka, Schmitt, and Schlink who were trained as legal scholars. Yet this list only hints at the complex interactions between German law and literature. It can be …
Thomas Mann in English
A Study in Literary Translation
Av David Horton
E-bok, 2013
509 kr
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Thomas Mann owes his place in world literature to the dissemination of his works through translation. Indeed, it was the monumental success of the original English translations that earned him the title of 'the greatest living man of letters' during his years in American exile (1938-52). This book …
Thomas Mann in English
A Study in Literary Translation
Av David Horton
Inbunden, 2013
2113 kr
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Thomas Mann owes his place in world literature to the dissemination of his works through translation. Indeed, it was the monumental success of the original English translations that earned him the title of 'the greatest living man of letters' during his years in American exile (1938-52). This book …
Citation and Precedent
Conjunctions and Disjunctions of German Law and Literature
E-bok, 2011
573 kr
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Among Western literatures, only the German-speaking countries can boast a list of world-class writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, Kleist, Kafka, Schmitt, and Schlink who were trained as legal scholars. Yet this list only hints at the complex interactions between German law and literature. It can be …
Vienna's Dreams of Europe
Culture and Identity Beyond the Nation-State
Häftad, 2015
542 kr
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Vienna’s Dreams of Europe puts forward a convincing counter-narrative to the prevailing story of Austria’s place in Europe since the Enlightenment. For a millennium, Austrian writers have used images of Europe and its hegemonic culture as their political and cultural reference points. Yet in …
Vienna's Dreams of Europe
Culture and Identity Beyond the Nation-State
E-bok, 2015
592 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Vienna's Dreams of Europe puts forward a convincing counter-narrative to the prevailing story of Austria's place in Europe since the Enlightenment. For a millennium, Austrian writers have used images of Europe and its hegemonic culture as their political and cultural reference points. Yet in …
Beyond Discontent
'Sublimation' from Goethe to Lacan
Häftad, 2012
640 kr
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According to Freud's later works, we do not really feel well or free within civilization. Our discontent never disappears, and we shall never become completely reliable members of society. Alcohol already suffices, Freud tells us, to ruin the fragile architecture of sublimations. Since 'Beyond the …
Beyond Discontent
'Sublimation' from Goethe to Lacan
E-bok, 2012
699 kr
Lägg i varukorg
According to Freud''s later works, we do not really feel well or free within civilization. Our discontent never disappears, and we shall never become completely reliable members of society. Alcohol already suffices, Freud tells us, to ruin the fragile architecture of sublimations. Since ''Beyond …
Thomas Mann in English
A Study in Literary Translation
Av David Horton
E-bok, 2013
509 kr
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Thomas Mann owes his place in world literature to the dissemination of his works through translation. Indeed, it was the monumental success of the original English translations that earned him the title of 'the greatest living man of letters' during his years in American exile (1938-52). This book …
German Picaro and Modernity
Between Underdog and Shape-Shifter
E-bok, 2011
592 kr
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The German Pícaro and Modernity reads the re-emergence of the picaresque narrative in twentieth-century German-language writing as an expression of modernity and its social imaginaries. Malkmus argues that the picaresque, whose origins date back to the Spanish Renaissance and the Baroque Age, …
From Kafka to Sebald
Modernism and Narrative Form
Av Sabine Wilke
E-bok, 2012
520 kr
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This volume is a response to a renewed interest in narrative form in contemporary literary studies, taking up the question of literary narratives and their encounters with modernism and postmodernism within the German-language milieu. Original essays written by scholars of German and Comparative …
Improvisation as Art
Conceptual Challenges, Historical Perspectives
E-bok, 2011
520 kr
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Improvisation as Art traces how modernity''s emphasis on inventiveness has changed the meaning of improvisation; and how the ideals and laws that led improvisation to be banned from "high art" in the eighteenth century simultaneously enabled the inventive reintegration of improvisation into …
Image in Outline
Reading Lou Andreas-Salomé
Av Gisela Brinker-Gabler, Imke Meyer
Inbunden, 2012
2113 kr
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Image in Outline introduces the reader to Lou Andreas-Salomé's significant engagement withmodern thought. Through detailed explorations of some of her major texts, Brinker-Gabler examinesAndreas-Salomé's contributions to contemporary discourses on meaning, perception, memory, andthe unconscious. …
Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World
E-bok, 2015
520 kr
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The Roma are Europe's largest minority, and yet they remain one of the most misunderstood and underrepresented. Scholarship on the Roma in German-speaking countries has focused mostly on the portrayal of “Zigeuner/Gypsies” in literature by non-Roma and on persecution during the Nazi period. Rarely …
Roma Voices in the German-Speaking World
E-bok, 2015
520 kr
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The Roma are Europe's largest minority, and yet they remain one of the most misunderstood and underrepresented. Scholarship on the Roma in German-speaking countries has focused mostly on the portrayal of “Zigeuner/Gypsies” in literature by non-Roma and on persecution during the Nazi period. Rarely …
Readings in the Anthropocene
The Environmental Humanities, German Studies, and Beyond
Av Sabine Wilke, Japhet Johnstone
Inbunden, 2017
2113 kr
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Readings in the Anthropocene brings together scholars from German Studies and beyond to interpret the German tradition of the last two hundred years from a perspective that is mindful of the challenge posed by the concept of the Anthropocene. This new age of man, unofficially pronounced in 2000, …
Readings in the Anthropocene
The Environmental Humanities, German Studies, and Beyond
Av Sabine Wilke, Japhet Johnstone
E-bok, 2017
608 kr
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Readings in the Anthropocene brings together scholars from German Studies and beyond to interpret the German tradition of the last two hundred years from a perspective that is mindful of the challenge posed by the concept of the Anthropocene. This new age of man, unofficially pronounced in 2000, …
Readings in the Anthropocene
The Environmental Humanities, German Studies, and Beyond
Av Sabine Wilke, Japhet Johnstone
E-bok, 2017
614 kr
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Readings in the Anthropocene brings together scholars from German Studies and beyond to interpret the German tradition of the last two hundred years from a perspective that is mindful of the challenge posed by the concept of the Anthropocene. This new age of man, unofficially pronounced in 2000, …
Sissi’s World
The Empress Elisabeth in Memory and Myth
Av Maura E. Hametz, Heidi Schlipphacke
Inbunden, 2018
2275 kr
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Sissi’s World offers a transdisciplinary approach to the study of the Habsburg Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It investigates the myths, legends, and representations across literature, art, film, and other media of one of the most popular, revered, and misunderstood female figures in European …
Sissi’s World
The Empress Elisabeth in Memory and Myth
Av Maura E. Hametz, Heidi Schlipphacke
E-bok, 2018
596 kr
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Sissi's World offers a transdisciplinary approach to the study of the Habsburg Empress Elisabeth of Austria. It investigates the myths, legends, and representations across literature, art, film, and other media of one of the most popular, revered, and misunderstood female figures in European …
