englischThis volume uses literary texts, films and computer games to examine how the specifically modern narrative of time-out is represented. The contributions examine time-out narratives from early Romanticism to contemporary pop and game culture: a polyphonic contribution to the cultural history [...]

englischThis study explores Bernard von Brentano’s work in exile against the background of his political transformation. Initially close to the KPD, he later was accused of rapprochement with the Nazi regime. In fact, his oeuvre, written in Switzerland, is characterized by profound patriotism. Yet, [...]

englischAt the beginning of the 21st century, writing about the Shoah in French literature is undergoing transformation processes. Soazig Aaron, Frédéric Brun, Philippe Claudel and Jean-Pierre Gattégno transform the survivor, including his duality, into a literary figure and place a clear focus on [...]

englischHow do novels and stories about fictional artists describe their art? This question leads to a completely new understanding of the history of the artist novel from its beginnings in late 18th c. German literature to its intercontinental present. The study reveals that this history has two [...]

englischIt is a widespread belief that Husserl’s conception of time obstructs the way to understanding world-time in a heideggerian sense. Unfolding world-time as one of the main topics of the last phases of Husserl’s analyses of time shall refute this criticism. The process of concretization of the [...]