englischThe study examines an aspect of German theatre history that is relevant also in the context of the current engagement with theatrical phenomenology and reception. The historical, discursive, and political situating of canonical dramas shows that "dramatic theater" itself is to be regarded as [...]

englischToday, autopsies are conducted everywhere. TV series, thrillers and even non-fictional works suggest that when a dead body is examined it tells a story. Hence, the corpse works as a text that is read by a physician/pathologist. This text contains all the details about the body’s life and [...]

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 book contains 17 contributions on Homer and the reception of his works, Greek and Roman tragedies and satyr plays. These essays discuss the artistic creation of Odysseus’s travels and the reception of Homer’s two epics in both ancient and modern times, fundamental questions on Greek [...]

englischEurope lives off an awareness of its origins. Not only does the vibrancy of its art, philosophy and literature still testify to this, but so do the ways in which they are conveyed, which inextricably link the present to the past. The studies in this book endeavour to illustrate this.

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 [...]