Mit der Ausgabe des 'Liber ordinis rerum' legt die Würzburger Forschergruppe 'Prosa des deutschen Mittelalters' die erste der von ihr in Angriff genommenen Arbeiten zur Erschließung der…

Die heftigen Religionsstreitigkeiten, welche die Epoche des Konfessionalismus (1555/63-1685) auch über den Dreißigjährigen Krieg hinaus bestimmen, werden von zahlreichen Naturkatastrophen sowie…

Die Forschung hat über ihrem Interesse an der humanistischen Gelehrtenpoesie des 17. Jahrhunderts die vielfach häretische religiöse Dichtung der Barock-Mystik seit längerem zu Unrecht…

The discussion on the emergence of Empfindsamkeit has tended largely to ignore the lyric poetry of the period, although it may be said to be the first genre to take up and reflect this…

Die zuletzt in zweiter Auflage im Jahre 1910 erschienene »Altsächsische Grammatik« von Johan Hendrik Gallée ist bis heute das materialreichste Handbuch zur Laut- und Flexionslehre des…

The third and final part of this interdisciplinary symposium deals with the period from the first World War to the ascendancy of the National Socialists, and concerns itself largely with the…

Dieser Teilband behandelt die Literatur vom Wiederbeginn schriftlicher Produktion in deutscher Sprache bis zum Beginn der höfischen Dichtung, also die Zeit von etwa 1050/60 bis 1160/70. Der…

The entire history covers writings in German from their beginnings in the 8th century to the beginning of the modern era. This volume treats the Blütezeit, a period of unsurpassed, intense…

Dieser Teilband verfolgt die Entwicklung von den zwanziger Jahren des 13. Jahrhunderts, in denen mit Wolfram und Walther die letzten Dichter aus der »Blütezeit« der mhd. Literatur…

This volume is a continuation of the »History of German Literature from its Beginnings to the Early Modern Age« edited by Joachim Heinzle. For the first time in the history of the subject, this…

Engagement with the sciences is an integral feature of Novalis' work. Hardly any other author in the Classic and Romantic period can match the intensity and competence of his concern with the…

'Leutnant Burda' is the latest in the ongoing series of historical-critical editions devoted to the prose narratives of Ferdinand von Saar. Alongside a critical edition of the text the volume…

The volume assembles 15 new contributions to the research on Goethe, including interpretations of 'Die Mitschuldigen', the 'Sturm und Drang' poems, travelogues and correspondence; comparative…

The verse of the young Goethe has generally been taken as paradigmatic for the poetry of the Sturm und Drang period. This has led to almost total neglect of the remarkable poetry by Lavater and…

With reference to selected examples, the volume highlights various aspects of literary studies since the Age of Humanism, concentrating on the history of its institutions, the contest between…

The ninth volume of the historical-critical edition of the works of Ferdinand von Saar contains the two narratives 'Dissonanzen' and 'Die Familie Worel' (published 1900 and 1905 respectively).…

The volume assembles essays and articles by Paul Böckmann (1899-1987) on German literature of the 19th and 20th centuries. Authors and subjects discussed are Grillparzer, Stifter, Storm, Fontane…

This volume brings together the papers held at an international conference in Frankfurt am Main (September 1996) commemorating the First Assembly of German Studies Scholars in 1846 in the same…

The subject of the book is the relationship between literary imagination and the mindscape of aristocratic culture in the high Middle Ages. The study focuses on 'narrative kernels,' i.e.…

The articles in this volume examine the phenomenon of literary collaboration. The initial concern is a stock-taking process with regard to literature in German, at the same time placing the…

The project of writing a social history of literature is generally held to have exhausted its potential. Yet the general practice of literary studies still encompasses socio-historical issues…

The significance of Stefan George (1868-1933) in the history of modern German poetry is not in doubt. So far, however, research on his work has concentrated on the earlier half of his production…

In the framework of the colloquia on Machine Processing of Old German Texts held at regular intervals since 1971, the Fifth International Colloquium (March 1997 in Würzburg) concentrated on the…

The third colloquium of the International Arnim Society situates Achim von Arnim in the political, culture-political, and literary context of Prussia in the 1810-1820 period. The profusion of…

First published in 1970, this book takes a close look at the frequently identified 'rhetorical' features of German Baroque literature in terms of their historical foundations. The perspective is…

The fruit of long years of collaboration, this volume brings together studies of fundamental importance on sources of significance for the literary and cultural history of Alsace, with special…

The verse of the young Goethe has generally been taken as paradigmatic for the poetry of the Sturm und Drang period. This has led to almost total neglect of the remarkable poetry by Lavater and…

The theme of this volume, 'knowledge in literature', refers not to the way in which literature communicates cultural phenomena, events, and norms regulating or reflecting everyday action and…

This volume is dedicated to Walter Röll. The contributors are friends, colleagues, and pupils. The 27 historical articles on German, Yiddish, and Dutch language and literature reflect the…

The view generally adopted in earlier German literary studies saw the 12th century as an undisputed age of ground-breaking innovation, whereas the 13th century was generally regarded as an age…

Either directly or with reference to its repercussions, the essays assembled here deal with the intellectual revolution that transformed western culture in the 12th and 13th centuries and paved…

The volume assembles the contributions to an international symposium on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the death of Friedrich von Hardenberg (= Novalis, 1772-1801). An approach based…

Klaus-Detlef Müller's studies represent a consistent literary history of the modern age between the Baroque and the present, centering on two pillars of enlightenment discourse: criticism and…

Literary transmission plays an important role in the discourse on memory, which is not surprising as one of the functions of texts has always been to figure as tokens of memorialization. From…

In addition to Wilhelm Braune's »Old High German Grammar«, newly revised by Ingo Reiffenstein, Richard Schrodt presents the first detailed description of an Old High German syntax ever…

Jim Reed has taught German language and literature at the University of Oxford since 1961 and retires on 30 September 2004. This collection of essays in his honour consists of contributions from…

These volumes provide a comprehensive culture-historical survey of all the important German-speaking humanist poets of the 17th century. Each author is given a chapter to himself, comprising…