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

First scholarly monograph devoted to Klee's poetry illuminates the reciprocity of poetry and painting in Klee's creative world and in early modernism.

A daring new view of Sebald's works and the reading practice they call forth.

Explores both constants and changes in representations of warlike and violent women in German culture over the past six centuries.

The prominent scholar-contributors to this volume share their experiences developing the field of US German Studies and their thoughts on literature and interdisciplinarity, pluralism and diversity, and transatlantic dialogue.

Offers readings of key contemporary trends and themes in the vibrant genre of short-story writing in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with attention to major practitioners and translations of two representative stories.

New translations of short stories by one of the great women writers of the 19th century.

A phonological, grammatical, and lexical description of a German-American dialect, Michigan Frankenmuth.

Critical study of great 17c German poet and dramatist.

Shows how postwar writers in Austria and Yugoslavia re-imagined the concept of Mitteleuropa, Central Europe, as a cultural space between nostalgia and totalitarianism.

The first English-language study devoted to Hoelderlin's novel in three decades, this book reveals Hyperion's literary and philosophical richness and its complex ties with politics, choreography, and economics.

Fresh articles about a much neglected genre, fiction from and about the Jewish ghetto.

The development of epic theater before, during, and after Brecht's time, and analysis of epic productions, showing the form's continued relevance.

Explores how entertainment cinema served everyday fascism in Nazi Germany.