englischThe study ‘›Haltung‹ und Realismus. Zur Theorie poetischer Verallgemeinerung’ investigates the political implications of the concept of form in the context of the (post-)Marxist debate on literary realism between Georg Lukács, Bertolt Brecht, Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno and Alexander [...]

englischPossibility thinking and experimentation in literature have a long tradition—yet their current significance in literary studies research on the relationship between experimentation and literature has been discussed only hesitantly to date. By means of a comparison of different concepts of [...]

englischThe paradigm of disturbance is a powerful and, to date, unexplored mode of literary modernism. Through individual analyses of selected German-language prose from the Romantic period to the present (Tieck, Droste-Hülshoff, Büchner, Kafka, Aichinger, Kracht, and others), this study examines [...]

englischHölderlin’s reflections on form can be grasped with the concept of the ›principle of form‹, which transforms a fragment into a productive concept with reference to the ›logic of being produced‹ (Adorno). The tragic fragment, as a principle of form, divides tragedy and the tragic. In order to [...]

englischWhy is Dante’s Divine Comedy, summa of the Middle Ages and a Catholic–Christian epic of salvation, still relevant in a literary system that sees itself as completely secularised? This study shows how the authors of late German realism focus on the fragmentary appropriation of Dante’s work [...]

englischIn literary texts of the early 20th century, human hands seem to become increasingly problematic. This study traces literary depictions of ›unruly hands‹ in the context of developments in the history of the media, technology and knowledge. Against the backdrop of circulating interests in [...]

englischUnder the impact of the First World War, waiting had replaced fighting in an emphatic sense, had become a generational experience both in the field and at home, and had been transformed into a form of heroism involving perseverance and endurance. The accent had shifted away from heroism as [...]

englischFascinating and enigmatic to this day: The Accurata Utopiae Tabula, an anonymous map of Cockaigne accompanied by an explanatory book (thought to be by Schnebelin), inspired the likes of Leibniz and was a popular supplement to atlases around 1700. Extensively embellished with euonyms for its [...]

englischThis study examines the theory of the novel and the conceptualisation of gender as having been inextricably intertwined since the inception of the former and the rise of modernity. Authors of these theories sought to address not only the relatively young genre of the novel, but also the [...]

englischLiterary depictions of poverty have led to controversial discussions about the poetological, political and social aspects of representation. By focusing on narrated spaces and places in contemporary novels by Rafael Chirbes, Marlene Streeruwitz and Marie NDiaye, this monograph analyses the [...]

englischClear conceptual sharpness—distinctness: that is the strength of language. Where the clearly defining mind reaches its limits, conceptual confusion and poetic potential arise. To make such ideas nevertheless semiotically graspable and aesthetically usable, an indistinct medium is needed. [...]

englischDepressive (anti-)heroes populate the current French literary landscape to a significant extent. In this study, such characters are located philologically, and paradigmatic texts by Philippe Labro, Antoine Sénanque, Philippe Delerm, Édouard Levé, Michel Houellebecq and Thierry Beinstingel [...]

englischSince ancient times, the melancholy of thinkers, writers and artists has been declared as both a thorn in their side and a source of their creative inspiration. This book reveals that, in his works, Hugo von Hofmannsthal draws on representations and evaluations of this phenomenon, which stem [...]

englischIf one wants to understand what literature is from a longue durée perspective, it is instructive to examine the terms ‘fiction’, ‘knowledge’ and ‘memory’. Grouped into three sections, analytical studies each focusing on one of these three terms are compiled in this book. These studies [...]

englischWritten using the figures of Orpheus and Medusa as symbols, this book highlights contrasting theories on the poetry of Italian opera over three centuries. In addition to theoretical texts, it examines above all the poetic qualities of librettos, plus the music and singing techniques of [...]

englischThis two-volume monograph entitled “Maskenspiel und Seelensprache” (Masquerade and the Language of the Soul) addresses the tension between Robert Schumann’s aesthetics of music and Heinrich Heine’s post-Romantic aesthetics of poetry. In volume 1, Ingo Müller examines both the relationship [...]

englischThis two-volume monograph entitled “Maskenspiel und Seelensprache” (Masquerade and the Language of the Soul) addresses the tension between Robert Schumann’s aesthetics of music and Heinrich Heine’s post-Romantic aesthetics of poetry. In volume 1, Ingo Müller examines both the relationship [...]

englischBy combining the perspectives of discourse, media and literary history, this book shows that awareness of the category of individuality, and therefore the emergence of modern case law thinking, was only generated at the end of the 18th century through the publication of collections of cases [...]

Walter Benjamin entwickelt seinen Begriff der Aura ab 1930 im Kontext einer historisch-materialistischen Wahrnehmungslehre, deren Fundamente er in der frühen Sprachtheologie von 1916 gelegt hat. Demnach zeichnet sich die ursprüngliche, paradiesische Wahrnehmungssituation als »Anschauung« durch die [...]

Bestseller-Romane und Hollywood-Streifen inszenieren die Visionen des Post- und Transhumanismus, während die ganz reale Arbeit und Freizeitgestaltung immer stärker durch die Digitalisierung und Automatisierung geprägt werden. Aus der Sicht des technologischen Posthumanismus ist der Mensch daher ein [...]

Paul Hindemith war vor dem Ende der Weimarer Republik vor allem für zwei Dinge berühmt: kompositorische Vielfalt und rastlose Produktivität. Das führte immer wieder zum Vorwurf eines fehlenden roten Fadens in seiner Arbeit. Hindemiths Karriereverlauf wird in der vorliegenden Studie kulturhistorisch [...]

Als Zeichenspiel bezeichnen die Aufsätze zur deutschen, französischen und amerikanischen Literatur den Sachverhalt, dass sich literarische Texte schon im Übergang zur Romantik, entschieden aber in der Moderne und Postmoderne vom Paradigma der bloßen Abbildung von Wirklichkeit zu lösen beginnen. Mit [...]

Gibt es eine realistische Lyrik? Die Theoretiker des Realismus standen der Lyrik skeptisch gegenüber, und auch in der neueren Realismusforschung ist die Lyrik zu Unrecht ein Stiefkind geblieben. Grund genug, diese Frage noch einmal aufzuwerfen und den Versuch zu unternehmen, das spezifisch [...]