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New essays by leading scholars re-examining major aspects of the work of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the great Austrian poet and dramatist.

A collection of new essays treating the most important aspects of the work of the most famous late Romantic, Heinrich Heine.

Fresh essays on the works of the most significant -- and readable -- German Baroque author.

Investigates German religious drama since the 1970s, asking the question whether it develops religious themes or only exploits religious motifs, and exploring how it reflects the changing place of religion and spirituality in theworld.

New, specially commissioned essays on representative works of 19th-century German realism.

Examines the intense intellectual debates in immediate postwar Germany, often conducted in literature or literary discourse.

New essays providing a comprehensive scholarly introduction to the great writer and thinker Canetti.

New essays by leading scholars giving a new picture of the variety of German expressionist cinema.

Written against a background of the Thirty Years' War and firstpublished in 1669, this renowned picaresque classic recounts withwonderful biting satire the vagabond adventures of a not-so-simplesimpleton during one of Europe's fiercest, yet ultimately most futilewars. Simplicius is an earthy character; he humiliates the mighty, confounds the gods, ridicules the pretentious. The translationuses the authoritative first edition for its text, and though it hasbeen slightly abbreviated, no essential passages have been sacrificed.This unexpurgated translation reflects the linguistic turmoil andrichness of German in the 17th century; it is ideal as the centrepiecefor courses in German literature in translation and courses in theEuropean Baroque.

Essays analyzing postwar literary, cultural, and historical representations of "good Germans" during the Second World War and the Nazi period.