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. [...]

englischNiklas Holzberg, a professor of Classics at the University of Munich until his retirement in 2011, offers a collection of lectures he held over a period of eleven years (2008–2019) in various parts of Germany, both at schools where Latin is taught and as part of advanced training programmes [...]

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 [...]

englischThinking about time in drama has a long tradition. However, in previous studies time has primarily been considered a dramaturgical variable. This study takes on a broader approach to the concept of time, examining typical modern time phenomena and experiences, such as acceleration, [...]

englischIn this book, the author examines literature that portrays accidents, an aesthetic genre whose notable examples extend beyond texts by famous authors like Franz Kafka and Robert Musil. Technical disasters have provoked the collective imagination since the 19th century because of the new [...]

englischMozart's String Quintet in D major, KV 593, in the reception of a French filmmaker (Éric Rohmer) and a Russian private scholar of the 19th century (Alexander Oulibicheff); Mozart's piano concertos as model questioning of intertextuality; Friedrich Gulda's idiosyncratic Mozart [...]

englischThis book contains the papers on the topic of »Women and the Image of Women in Antiquity« which were presented at the summer academy organised by the Ministry of Culture for Baden-Württemberg. These contributions examine the aforementioned subject from literary studies, historical, [...]