englischIn »Szenarien des Übergangs« Miriam Althammer looks at a topic that has so far been neglected in Dance Studies: the impact of Europe's eastward expansion on contemporary dance. Using the example of the East-West exchange at the Tanzquartier Wien in the early 2000s, she examines the [...]

englischThis book contains the lectures given at the second international conference on ancient and fragmentarily preserved drama called The Forgotten Theatre, which was held in Turin in 2018. All these contributions have been reworked according to the discussions at the conference and previously [...]

englischThis edited study is the first book in a new series of publications which aims to revise the wide spectrum of what are now regarded as comics (including caricatures, cartoons, graphic novels, etc.), broadening the view of Comics Studies, not only retrospectively but also prospectively at a [...]

englischContemporary culture is characterised by a peculiar desire for crime narratives. Novels, non-fiction books, films, TV series or podcasts that deal with real or fictional murders, acts of fraud or spectacular thefts attract a wide audience and often become the object of public fascination. [...]

englischSecrecy is a notion that is central to many different cultures, although it can mean different things and operate differently in those different cultural contexts. In a German context, Friedrich Nietzsche believed the secret was the foundation of culture, while Georg Simmel concluded secrecy [...]

englischWhoever speaks of memory must not remain silent about death. The preservation of knowledge, events and also sensations, etc. gains its importance precisely through the fundamental transience of human activity. The memory of the lifeworld of the deceased therefore does not provide authentic [...]

englischSociety's view of dying and death no longer corresponds to the fixed images with which the corresponding areas of knowledge were associated until a few years ago. For a long time, the supposedly ›unambiguous‹ levels of meaning of this complex issue were stable enough to paralyse social [...]

englisch‘Hofmannsthal – Jahrbuch zur europäischen Moderne’ has been published since 1993 and is considered the most important organ of Hofmannsthal research. It places the works of Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874–1929) in the aesthetic and socio-historical context of European modernist culture and, in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

englischThis book focuses on interpreting three poems from different creative periods in Eduard Mörike’s life: Sehnsucht (Longing), Bildniß der Geliebten (The Portrait of the Beloved) and Erinna an Sappho (Erinna to Sappho). His adaptations of ancient pagan and biblical texts, which have been [...]

englischThe idea of progress became increasingly relevant during the 19th century, eventually instigating a paradigm shift. This transformation facilitated not only the emergence of numerous philosophical and literary trends, but also engendered new perspectives in music theory. The composer Franz [...]

englischThis first volume from the series on modernity and media studies provides an insight into the dimensions and functional potential of a retrospective look at the 1920s. Focusing on Babylon Berlin, the contributions explore the question of how ›society‹, ›culture‹, ›history‹ and ›reality‹ are [...]

englischFranziska zu Reventlow’s novels have long been received as autobiographical references to her ‘scandalous’ life. Focusing instead on the narrative strategies and intermedial structure of her work, this study foregrounds Reventlow’s ironic deconstruction of cultural and literary traditions as [...]

Die vorliegende Publikation will William Morris’ umfassendes kunsttheoretisches Werk und seine Arbeiten im Bereich der angewandten Künste exemplarisch und erklärend zusammenzuführen sowie in Hinblick auf gemeinsame zugrunde liegende Motivationen und Anliegen betrachten. In seinen Aufsätzen und [...]

englischIn the essays in this book, the author traces structures of time as a factor in shaping choreographies. How do concepts and bodily experiences of temporality intertwine in the production, performance and perception of a dance piece? And in what way is the tension between ephemerality and [...]

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 focuses on Sir András Schiff’s recordings of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, BWV 988. In addition to examining Schiff’s interpretation of the Goldberg Variations, the study also recognises these compositions as a model work for the piano in terms of their technical aspects and [...]

englischThe fascination of the royal game has always occupied the arts and science, resulting in compositions, paintings, stage works, etc. In addition, the explosive development of artificial intelligence (AI) has given chess a new dimension and importance, even as a model for scientific theories. [...]

englischOver the last few decades, increased production of films and series that have fantastical structures has been observed, especially in Romance language-speaking countries and the US. A renewed boom in the genre is thus apparent in those nations which had already been at the epicentre of the [...]

Diese Studie behandelt die afghanische Ratsversammlung Loya Jirga, die seit der Konferenz auf dem Petersberg bei Bonn 2001 in aller Munde ist. Die Loya Jirga, so das weitverbreitete Verständnis, könne als traditionelles »Stammesparlament« im 21. Jahrhundert die afghanische Staatlichkeit auf eine für [...]

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan began its mission in 2001. Its original task was to assist the Afghan Security Forces in providing security in Kabul. However, in October 2003, the UN extended the ISAF area of responsibility beyond the borders of the capital. [...]

englischFor an academic discipline like German studies to make its mark, global networking is essential, especially in a country such as Australia, which due to its geostrategic location does not allow for proliferent German studies research in the same way that Europe does. ‘Limbus—The Australian [...]

englischKarl Kraus called Austria the “testing facility for the apocalypse”, but also noted that “the streets of Vienna are paved with culture; the streets of other cities with asphalt”. Hugo von Hofmannsthal dismissed the idea that there was an Austrian form of literature as fiction. In his [...]

englischThis year’s issue of Limbus contains essays which deal with the subject of murder in highly diverse ways. These contributions include the perspectives of legal philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries, modern criminalistics, literary history and Marxist philosophy, among others. In literary [...]

englischThe chorus is situated within the friction between individuality and collectivity, or, to quote Nietzsche, between Apollo and Dionysus. A close look at choruses in dramas of the 20th and 21st centuries reveals this relationship. How does a chorus act as a group? And what happens to this [...]

englischMaking mistakes is not only part of humans’ basic anthropological make-up and the driving force behind the philosophical search for truth, but it is also a significant element in literary framing and design, either as a necessary dramaturgical flaw (hamartia), as an event that causes [...]

englischThis introductory book is intended for students of Scandinavian studies who are primarily interested in modern Scandinavian literary studies. It combines a thorough theory-based and problem-oriented overview of the most important methods currently used in literary, media and cultural studies [...]

englischHow can we understand borders in terms of aesthetic practice? As borders are increasingly moving into the centre of cultural negotiations, the essays in this volume focus on anglophone fiction, film and TV series which employ border-crossing narratives and engage in narrative poetics of [...]