Geschichte der estnischen Literatur

[History of Estonian Literature]

This is the first modern account of the whole of Estonian literature from the beginnings to the present day. With its index, comprehensive bibliography and a wealth of data it can be used both as a handbook and reference work and as an easily readable introduction to this European literature and its authors and their works. [mehr ...]

Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft

This encyclopedia is now available for the first time in an affordable paperback edition. The contents of this edition are identical to those of the original hardback edition (1997-2003) and, just as the original edition, provide the first source of information for all questions about the basic concepts in the field of German language and literature studies. [mehr ...]

Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective

Literary History: Towards a Global Perspective is a research project funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). Initiated in 1996 and launched in 1999, it aims at finding suitable methods and approaches for studying and analysing literature globally, emphasizing the comparative and intercultural aspect. [mehr ...]

Poesie der Grammatik und Grammatik der Poesie

[Poetry of Grammar and Grammar of Poetry: Analyses of Poems]

Jakobson’s late work ‘Poetry of Grammar and Grammar of Poetry’ (1981) is world-renowned as a milestone in modern literary theory. Yet hardly anyone is equal to the multilingual challenge it presents. A remedy is offered by this translation with full commentary of Jakobson’s structuralist analyses of poems and his most important poetological essays. [mehr ...]

Band 1: 1722-1730

This edition, containing approx. 6,000 letters written to and by Johann Christoph Gottsched (and his wife Luise Adelgune Viktorie Gottsched), documents for the first time the correspondence of one of the most significant supporters of the Early German Enlightenment. [mehr ...]

Old Age in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

This volume treats old age and old people as reflected in medieval and early modern literature, historical documents, and visual products, offering innovative perspectives, examining hitherto neglected texts and art works, and taking stock of previous research. [mehr ...]