englischBy applying the theoretical concepts of ‘discourse’ and ‘mental schema’ to textual analysis, the author presents an innovative analysis of important Spanish novels and essays from the recent past, focusing on the relationship between literary text and collective knowledge. Considering [...]

englischRelics—objects perceived as old—tell us about times gone by. They can be used to describe age and to connect the past, the present and the future. With the material turn and temporality research, this book combines two research directions from recent decades and takes a diachronic look at [...]

englischFestivals and games are important cultural and social factors in Greek-Roman antiquity that are often not considered in the classroom. This volume, which contains the lectures held at the 30th Summer Academy of the Ministry of Education of the State of Baden-Württemberg, illuminates the [...]

englischGerman Schlager music has undergone great modernisation in recent years—stars like Helene Fischer, Andrea Berg, Vanessa Mai and Beatrice Egli have freed the genre from its outdated image. Fischer in particular is setting new standards through her acrobatic stage shows, modern pop–schlager [...]

englischAs archived archiving apparatuses, letter copying books are media in their own right. This work is dedicated to these mostly unknown objects and explains their dual function as archiving and archived media.

The study’s comprehensive research into different letter copying books reveals [...]

englischThe Yearbook on Hofmannsthal and European modernity has been published since 1993 and is regarded as the most important instrument of research into Hofmannsthal. It places the works of Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929) in the aesthetic and socio-historical context of modern European culture [...]