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Arthur Schnitzlers intertextuelles Erzählen
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 126.00Intertextual borrowing and references to literary models characterize Arthur Schnitzler?s narrative works to a much greater degree than previously thought, as is clearly revealed in this study. The transformation of Schnitzler?s aesthetic orientation is reflected in his choice of pre-texts. While his early narratives make more extensive reference to... more...
Die deutsche Griselda
De Gruyter 2010; US$ 168.00This collective volume documents the German reception of the last novella of Boccaccio's Decameron. It is about Griselda, a poor daughter of a peasant, whom the Marquis Gualtieri marries and subsequently repudiates and humiliates in an inhumane way. Finally, after being subjected to numerous trials which she endures patiently, she is reinstated as... more...
Johann Georg Jacobi (1740?1814)
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 266.00Johann Georg Jacobi (1740-1814) is a significant representative of the German Enlightenment in its various spheres of experience, and range of aesthetic, political and religious options. This bibliography presents for the first time Jacobi?s work and extensive literary estate. A register of more than 2000 letters brings to light not only Jacobi?s numerous... more...
Gefühlskultur in der bürgerlichen Aufklärung
De Gruyter 2004; US$ 133.00In the second half of the 18th century, the aesthetics of sensibility was the motivation for organized opposition to the 'cold' rationalism bound up with the name of Johann Christoph Gottsched. With recourse both to ancient and humanistic concepts of love, friendship, and sensibility and to medical and anthropological theorems on sensualism, there... more...
Stefan George und sein Kreis
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 629.00This handbook offersthe firstcomprehensive overview of the life and work of Stefan George and his inner circle. It systematically addresses not only the internal network, but also the external effect of the individuals. For this purpose, the contributors critically analyzed the body of research, which has been consistently increasing during the past... more...
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