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Die kürzeste Geschichte der deutschen Literatur
C.H. Beck 2010; US$ 13.09Hauptbeschreibung Hermann Kurzke ist nicht nur ein Spezialist für Thomas Mann, Kirchenlieder und Kulturchristentum, sondern ein Essayist von Graden. Aus dem Plan zu einer großen Literaturgeschichte entstand vorerst eine kleine, persönliche: Kurzkes Kanon betitelt, und schließlich, noch weiter verdichtet, Die kürzeste Geschichte... more...
Orientierung durch volkssprachige Schriftlichkeit
De Gruyter 2004; US$ 70.00This volume is a continuation of the »History of German Literature from its Beginnings to the Early Modern Age« edited by Joachim Heinzle. For the first time in the history of the subject, this monograph provides a unified and detailed description of German literature in the 14th century. With a view to tracing ongoing traditions and literary innovations... more...
Die Anfänge: Versuche volkssprachlicher Schriftlichkeit im frühen Mittelalter (ca. 700-1050/60)
De Gruyter 1995; US$ 42.00Die deutsche volkssprachige Literatur des frühen Mittelalters beginnt unscheinbar: von kargen Glossierungen des frühen 8. Jahrhunderts schwingt sie sich über Wörterbücher und Übersetzungen geistlicher Texte empor zu den dramatischen Schöpfungen des »Hildebrandsliedes« und des »Ludwigsliedes«, zu den inspirierten Evangeliaden des altsächsischen »Heliands«... more...
History of German Literature
Taylor and Francis 1993; US$ 225.00A classic work in its first translation into English. The volume traces the development of German literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is both a scholarly study and an invaluable reference work for students. more...
Humor, Satire, and Identity
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 182.00This is the first book in English to explore the Eastern German literary trend of the 1990s employing humor and satire to come to terms with socialism?s failure and a difficult unification process. The ten novels in this survey include works by Brussig, Schulze, and Hensel. These popular, contemporary texts help define Germany today from a specific,... more...
Lyrik (Minnesang - Sangspruch - Meistergesang) und Dramatik
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 377.00Volume 4 contains articles on all secular lyric forms of medieval literature, from the beginnings in 12th century up to the late forms of Meistergesang. References illuminate the lyric forms in the religious writings in volumes 1 and 2. The emerging dramatic forms of medieval literature are also covered, including numerous references to the religious... more...
German Literature Through Nazi Eyes (Responding to Fascism Vol 10)
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 103.95The influence of Nazism on German culture was a key concern for many Anglo-American writers, who struggled to reconcile the many contributions of Germany to European civilization, with the barbarity of the new regime. In German Literature Through Nazi Eyes , H.G. Atkins gives an account of how the Nazis undertook a re-evaluation of German literature,... more...
Norwegian Women's Writing 1850-1990
Continuum International Publishing 2004; US$ 160.00Volume One in a new series, this book covers Norwegian women's writing over the last 150 years, setting literary developments against the background of the emergence and growth of the women's movement in Norway. The work is divided chronologically into three sections: the period up to 1913, when the universal suffrage was granted; the period... more...
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