Examines the shifting boundaries of comedy in a range of artistic forms: in music, in dialect poetry and in comic theatre. Some essays treat comedy in the work of a single author, such as Thomas Mann, or within a single tradition, such as Austrian comedy.
This multidisciplinary collection of readings offers suggestive new interpretations of Richard Wagner's ideological position in German history. The issues discussed range from the biographical--the reasons for Wagner's travels, his spotted political life--to the aesthetic and ideological, regarding his re-creation of medieval Nuremberg, his representations of gender and nationality, his vocal iconography, his anti-Semitism, and his vegetarianarguments, and, finally, his musical heirs. The essays are written by Tamara S. Evans, Edward R. Haymes, Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Peter Morris-Keitel, Alexa Larson-Thorisch, Audrius Dundzila, Marc A. Weiner, Jost Hermand, Frank Trommler, and Hans Rudolf Vaget. Avoiding journalistic or iconoclastic approaches to Wagner, these writers depart from the usual uncritical admiration of earlier scholars to develop a stimulating and ultimately cohesive collection of new perspectives.
This collection of essays considers the reactions of German writers, artists and intellectuals to each of the world wars. In Germany, World War I evoked a broad base of nationalist feeling that touched even those individuals most remembered today for their stances of opposition during World War II.
Ranging from Hellenistic pastoral to the contemporary counterculture activities of the "Greens," the essays in this volume underscore the complexity of simplicity. Whether the simple life is located in a culture's past or in its future, in a secluded corner or beyond society's boundaries, it remains a fascinating subject for discussion.
Aphorismen und Marginalien
Jahrbuch für deutsche Gegenwartsliteratur
