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Literary history and criticism

  • Anne Frankby Francine Prose

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99

    In June 1942, Anne Frank received a red-and-white- checked diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding in an Amsterdam attic to escape the Nazis. For two years, with ever-increasing maturity, Anne crafted a memoir that has become one of the most compelling documents of modern history. She described life... more...

  • Barock-Humanismus: Krisen-Dichtungby Hans-Georg Kemper

    De Gruyter 2006; US$ 168.00

    These volumes provide a comprehensive culture-historical survey of all the important German-speaking humanist poets of the 17th century. Each author is given a chapter to himself, comprising references to research, reception, and biography, as well as an overview of sacred and profane poetry, complete with analyses of representative works. Volume IV/1... more...

  • Barock-Humanismus: Liebeslyrikby Hans-Georg Kemper

    De Gruyter 2006; US$ 154.00

    These volumes provide a comprehensive culture-historical survey of all the important German-speaking humanist poets of the 17th century. Each author is given a chapter to himself, comprising references to research, reception, and biography, as well as an overview of sacred and profane poetry, complete with analyses of representative works. Volume IV/1... more...

  • De fiere nachtegaalby Louis Peter Grijp; Frank Willaert

    Amsterdam University Press 2008; US$ 51.75

    Covers the various facets of Dutch medieval music until the year 1600 more...

  • Deutsche Naturlyrikby Ulrich Kittstein

    WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 43.13

    Hauptbeschreibung Naturgedichte von Rang gestalten keine weltfremden idyllischen Träumereien, sondern verraten ein waches Bewusstsein von den gesellschaftlichen Tendenzen ihrer Zeit: Die poetischen Bilder der Beziehung zwischen Mensch und Natur, die Autoren wie Klopstock, Goethe, Hölderlin, Eichendorff, Mörike, George, Brecht, Eich oder Grünbein... more...

  • Dialog mit den Nachbarnby Bernd Bastert; Helmut Tervooren; Frank Willaert

    Erich Schmidt Verlag 2011; US$ 86.06

    Hauptbeschreibung Die mittelniederländische Literatur, die zwischen dem 12. und 16. Jh. im flämischen, brabantischen, holländischen und limburgisch-maasländischen Sprachgebiet einschließlich des heutigen deutschsprachigen Niederrheins entstand, gehört, was Gattungsvielfalt, Thematik und Originalität im Umgang mit den bearbeiteten Quellen betrifft,... more...

  • Dutch Literature in the Age of Rembrandtby Maria A. Schenkeveld

    John Benjamins Publishing Company 1991; US$ 158.00

    Dutch literature of the 17th century, while not as famous as other elements of the culture of the Dutch Golden Age, deserves independent focus, not only because of its own intrinsic worth, but also because of the evidence of strong social concern that it presents and the light it sheds on other aspects of the Golden Age. Despite this, outside the Netherlands... more...

  • A Family Occupationby Jolanda Vanderwal Taylor

    Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 34.00

    First English-language introduction to a strangely popular theme in contemporary Dutch literature. more...

  • Granida - P.C. Hooftby Lia van Gemert

    Amsterdam University Press 2009; US$ 21.75

    Text edition in the Alfa series. (in Dutch) more...

  • Het heilige huisby Rosemarie Buikema; Lies Wesseling

    Amsterdam University Press 2006; US$ 37.90

    How does the use of ict affect the relationship between government and its citizens? This book analyses the developments of networking information and concludes that in everyday practice an iGovernment has gradually come into existence, overtaking the old paradigm of the eGoverment. The iGoverment, effectively running at full speed on information flows... more...