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in the German Middle Ages. Published in 1788 and translated here for the first time in English, Adelheit von Rastenberg will be of interest to students of German literature, comparative literature, women’s studies, and theater.
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teacher of Faust ; it contains suggestions by teachers of German literature, Romance literatures, English and American literatures, comparative literature, history, and psychology. Like other volumes in the MLA’s Approaches to Teaching World Literature series, it is divided into two parts. The first, “Materials,” discusses the editions and translations available, aids to teaching, background works, and
The career of Günter Grass began dramatically in 1959, with the publication of his first novel. The Tin Drum brought instant fame to the thirty-two-year-old author and led to his receiving the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Translated into dozens of languages, the novel has sold over four million copies worldwide. Its status as a major text of postwar German literature, however, has not
“Jeffrey Berlin has put together a useful volume for instructors of undergraduate and graduate courses, not only in German literature, but also in world literature, literature in translation, cultural history, humanities and psychoanalysis, and film. . . . The 35 pages of ‘Works Cited’ offer a rich selection of critical material in both English and German.” Seminar
“Whitinger and Spokeine’s work is a valuable contribution to the project of bringing lesser-known works to the attention of students and scholars.” Sarah V. Eldridge, MLR “For students in German, comparative literature, and women’s studies, [ Confessions is] excellent in the quality of the translation and in the thoroughly researched introduction.” Gisela Brinker-Gabler, Binghamton University
“Whitinger and Spokeine’s work is a valuable contribution to the project of bringing lesser-known works to the attention of students and scholars.” Sarah V. Eldridge, MLR “For students in German, comparative literature, and women’s studies, Bekenntnisse presents an admirably readable text, [which is] both significant and important. The thoroughly researched introduction is excellent.” Gisela
the structure of higher education and in the cultural and economic support for studying language and literature. Instead of taking a narrative or chronological approach, this volume foregrounds multiple, heterogeneous aspects of German as a discipline. They include the composition of the professoriat, employment patterns, the place of women the dramatic effects of World Wars I and II, and of the
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