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Montierte Texte - hybride Helden
De Gruyter 2005; US$ 168.00Considered by researchers to be typical post-classical adaptations of medieval narratives and of lesser literary value, the poems about the Germanic hero Wolfdietrich are among the ?best sellers? of the Late Middle Ages. The author investigates the reasons for their success and reveals that the popularity of the texts lies in their unique mixture of... more...
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De Gruyter 2006; US$ 182.00This study isan analysis of the facets of compassion in Wolfram's Parzival, which was written at the beginning of the thirteenth century. In order to grasp the actual meaning of compassio during this time, the analysis of the epic poem is preceded by additional examples from the High Middle Ages. These examples consist of excerpts taken from clerical... more...
Schwindel
Springer 2007; US$ 64.99Schwindel z??hlt zu den h??ufigsten Symptomen mit dem HNO-??rzte (aber auch Internisten und Neurologen) in Klinik und Praxis konfrontiert werden. Die ad??quate Diagnostik und Therapie der verschiedenen Schwindelformen ist komplex, die Anforderungen an den behandenden Arzt sind entsprechend hoch. Auch im aktuellen Band aus der Reihe "HNO Praxis... more...
The Poet's Guide to Life
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 19.95?You have to live life to the limit, not according to each day but by plumbing its depth.? ?RAINER MARIA RILKE In this treasury of uncommon wisdom and spiritual insight, the best writings and personal philosophies of one of the twentieth century?s greatest poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, are gleaned by Ulrich Baer from thousands of pages of never-before... more...
Simon Dach (1605?1659)
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 224.00The papers in this volume deal with central aspects of Simon Dach?s complete poetic works. One focus is on intensive textual interpretations, which take up topical research issues and apply their methodology to selected texts by Dach. In the process, particular attention is paid to Dach?s Modern Latin poetry, which has hitherto been neglected by research.... more...
Ibrahim (Bassa), Cleopatra (Erst- und Zweitfassung)
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 559.00The text volume contains Lohenstein's two earliest tragedies - Ibrahim (Bassa) (1653), his first dramatic work, in which he treats material from 16th century Turkish history, and Cleopatra both in its original version (1661) and its extended version of 1680. Lohenstein's learned notes on both versions of Cleopatra are provided with bibliographical... more...
Ibrahim (Bassa), Cleopatra (Erst- und Zweitfassung)
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 293.00The text volume contains Lohenstein's two earliest tragedies - Ibrahim (Bassa) (1653), his first dramatic work, in which he treats material from 16th century Turkish history, and Cleopatra both in its original version (1661) and its extended version of 1680. Lohenstein's learned notes on both versions of Cleopatra are provided with bibliographical... more...
Gottfried Keller und Theodor Fontane
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 168.00Gottfried Keller and Theodor Fontane are among the most important authors in Realism. A comparative reading of the two narrative writers reveals a multi-facetted interplay of similarities and differences. At the same time, an exemplary insight can be gained into the artistic positions and aesthetic processes of the time after 1848 up to the divergences... more...
Der Marner
De Gruyter 2008; US$ 280.00The edition combines the texts by Der Marner, in his time a highly regarded representative of early Sangspruch poetry, translated and exhaustively commentated, with all documents referring to him and all the texts by 14th to 16th century poets - mostly anonymous - who composed new songs using his melodies and his verses with their own additions. Using... more...
Round Dance and Other Plays
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 8.99This is a unique collection of seven of Schnitzler's best known plays in a new English translation. They explore love, sexuality, and death in various guises, against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century Viennese decadence. The introduction explores the plays in relation to Schnitzler's life, to the culture of late twentieth-century Vienna,... more...









