Books in the Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture series

The first book in English on the German Gothic in over thirty years, consisting of new essays investigating the internationality of the Gothic mode.

Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century.

The first book that presents key original texts from the modern German philosophical tradition to English-language students and scholars of German, with introductions, commentaries, and annotations that make them accessible.

An advanced introduction to Benjamin's work and its actualization for our own times.

First English translation of the final work of Theodor Fontane, one of Germany's most significant novelists.

Informed by recent historical research on nineteenth-century nationalism, this book demonstrates how the construction of a German national identity, especially in girls' education, came to be experienced by reading girls.

Detailed analysis of Brecht's extensive theoretical writings on the theater, including newly available works.

New essays introducing a broad range of novelists of the Weimar period.

New, wide-ranging essays on the controversial poet, who was both a harbinger of Modernism and a critic of modernity.

A fresh and extensive look at the works of the great Austrian novelist in the context of the German and Austrian culture of his time.

New essays on the most prominent German dramatist and short-story writer of the early 19th century.

Essays shedding light on the increasingly open cultural debate on the German past.

Key topics in important German medieval work surveyed and reassessed.

Essays in this volume rethink conventional ways of conceptualizing female authorship and re-examine the formal, aesthetic, and thematic terms in which German women's literature has been conceived.

A collection of essays -- early seminal works as well as freshinterpretations -- on the famous German expressionist film,Metropolis.