Product Description: Contents/Aus dem Inhalt: Peter Hutchinson/Reinhard K. Zachau: Introduction. Bibliographical Note -- Reinhard K. Zachau: - My Literary Roots Lie in American and English Literature: Stefan Heyms Traum vom Sozialismus in Amerika -- Charles Meder: Stefan Heym: Ein sozialistischer Schriftsteller in der US-Armee -- Peter Hutchinson: The Advocate of Socialism at his Peak: Stefan Heym's The Eyes of Reason -- Martin Kane: Plots from the Past, Problems of the Socialist Present: Stefan Heym's Lassalle Novel -- Herbert Kramer: - Der Hase und der Igel...read more

Product Description: The contributors to this volume treat fourteen plays of key significance in the history of German literature and show the way in which each dramatist has engaged with important social and theatrical issues of the age. Essays range from that on Lessing's Nathan der Weise (a key text in the history of 'tolerance' in Germany) to Jelinek's Krankheit oder moderne Frauen (a critique of theatrical representation, gender roles and the authority of the text), that is, from German classicism to the contemporary avant-garde...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume identifies twelve major poems in the history of German literature and places them firmly in their literary historical context. These ‘landmarks’ are in three categories: either they are simply great achievements; or they represent turning points, after which poets had to address their genre in different ways; or they are works which embody the major characteristics of a particular period...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Stopp, Elisabeth