Literary reference works books

Originally published in 1955, this volume provides English translations of one hundred of Goethe's poems divided...  Read More >>

Featuring contributions from eminent Swedish and American Strindberg scholars, this collection of essays addresses...  Read More >>

Focuses on the striking relationship between one of the most enigmatic poets of the twentieth century and the artists...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1949, this volume contains an analysis of the concepts of Natur and Freiheit and their influence...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1959, this first scholarly study of the origin and development of the concept of honor in...  Read More >>

These essays represent the push to provide interdisciplinary Brecht research to English-speaking audiences following...  Read More >>

This correspondence is a firsthand record of a literary and personal friendship that spanned the years 1906 to 1931....  Read More >>

Traces the importance of Italy as a source of literary inspiration in the work of the Swabian poet Wilhelm Waiblinger...  Read More >>

In this first definitive study of Friedrich Schiller's relationship to music, R.M. Longyear discusses Schiller's...  Read More >>

This study seeks to alter our understanding of Keller's realism by problematizing the act of reading within fiction....  Read More >>

Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523), Renaissance-Reformation publisher and ardent champion of German nationalism, has...  Read More >>

In this 1954 study of poetic realism and the Novelle form, Silz examines nine Novellen by Brentano, Arnim, Droste-Hulshoff,...  Read More >>

In this volume Stephen Kaplowitt scrutinizes the entire lyric production of Minnesanger from Der von Kurenberg to...  Read More >>

Though not a survey of Bertolt Brecht's poetry, this book covers the major periods in his work and most of its major...  Read More >>

Traces Dostoevsky's indefatigable investigations into the ethical implications of his own formal choices. Drawing...  Read More >>

Considered the earliest courtly romance in Germany, Ruodlieb is an invaluable document of eleventh century European...  Read More >>

Contains Lessing's most explicit observations on the distinction between poetry and prose as well as a unique proposal...  Read More >>

The novelty of this study lies in its techniques for understanding the deliberate narrative contradictions and elusive...  Read More >>

Casts new light on Hausen's lyrics by often favouring the manuscript readings. In the readings, irony emerges as...  Read More >>

A significant contribution to studies of the ways traditional forms of inscription support and amplify the oral...  Read More >>

Offers an analysis of Heinrich Boll's short satirical prose, which is generally acclaimed as his most successful...  Read More >>

Offers a penetrative and perceptive comparison of two of the most discussed novels of the twentieth century. Beginning...  Read More >>

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Provides an important examination of Charles Chesnutt as a practitioner of realism. Although Chesnutt is typically...  Read More >>

An annotated and indexed scholarly edition of every known interview with Mark Twain. Twain discusses matters as...  Read More >>