Böcker i University of North Carolina Studies in Germanic Languages a-serien

Presents twelve essays by distinguished scholars on newly emerging epistemologies regarding the transcendent nature of the Divine, the natural world, the body, sexuality, intellectual property, aesthetics, demons, and witches.

For eighteenth century readers, the contents of a novel were often perceived as part of reality. This book is concerned both with the relevant German, French, and English criticism of the novel and the use of literature as a frame of reference in the writings of the day. It also analyses novels whose heroes were profoundly influenced by literature.

Discusses early modern literature in central Europe, focusing on connections between humanism and scientific thought; the relationship of late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century literature to ancient and Renaissance traditions; the social and political context of early modern writing; and poets' self-consciousness about their work.

In this closely argued and admirably lucid study of the late medieval didactic epic Der Ring, Christa Wolf Cross analyses the dynamics of the narrator-reader relationship. Cross's investigation leads her to propound new answers to a number of questions that have long perplexed Wittenweiler scholars.

Shows how Storm's Novellen are made purposeful by the operations of a fictional intelligence, haunted by the fear of passing time. The author challenges the traditional belief that Storm's narratives are products of a sentimental mind.

Offers a penetrative and perceptive comparison of two of the most discussed novels of the twentieth century. Beginning with Camus' own appraisal of Kafka's work, the study convincingly analyses the authors' fictive creations.

A study of German fiction about America in the nineteenth century that concentrates on three writers: Charles Sealsfield, an escaped Moravian monk who came to New Orleans in 1823; Friedrich Gerstacker, who produced a large body of fiction, travel reportage, and emigration advice; and Karl May, who wrote adventure stories set in an imaginary West.