Books on Criticism & Theory
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Tolerant mit Lessing: Ein Lesebuch zur Ringparabel.
343p vii paperback, floral illustration to front, author note inserted, excellent copy, with ...
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Regionalismus und Moderne: Studien zur deutschen Literatur, 1900 - 1933.
409p large paperback, purple cover fresh, excellent copy, as new, hard to find title
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Drum i schau mir den Fortschritt ruhig an: 30 Jahre Internationale Nestroy-Gesellschaft, 30 Jahre Internationale Nestroy-Gespräche. Mit einem Nachdruck "Auf der Nestroy-Insel" (1901) von Friedrich von Radler.
127p paperback with illustrated cover, fresh clean copy, no names or stamps
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Hellerau. Die Gartenstadt und Künstlerkolonie.
139p green paperback with title panel to front, fresh and clean copy, many illustrations, very good
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Wohin verschlug uns der Traum? Die griechische Antike in der deutschsprachigen Literatur des Dritten Reichs und des Exils.
178p fresh paperback with terracotta cover, author note to title page, as new, uncommon title
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Essen, töten, heilen: Praktiken literaturkritischen Schreibens im 18. Jahrhundert.
294p hardback, bright yellow jacket, as new
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Der Schwärmer auf der Bühne: Ausgrenzung und Rehabilitation einer literarischen Figur in Goethes Dramen und Prosa (1775 – 1786)
303p blue paperback with portrait to front, excellent copy, clean and tight, very good indeed
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Harry - Heinrich - Henri - Heine. Deutscher, Jude, Europäer. Grazer Humboldt-Kolleg, 6. - 11. Juni 2006.
544p thick paperback, excellent copy, no traces of use
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Die Künstlerthematik in den frühen Romanen von Marcel Proust, Robert Musil und James Joyce.
434p hardback, blue boards, excellent copy, as new
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Volksstück: Vom Hanswurstspiel zum sozialen Drama der Gegenwart.
370p blue paperback illustration to front, excellent clean and tight copy, never used, no names or ...
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Mnemotechnik des Schönen: Studien zur poetischen Erinnerung in Romantik und Symbolismus.
vi 298p paperback, white cover with purple lettering, a tight a clean copy, as new, never used
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wegvonhierdasistmeinziel: Franz Kafkas epische Vorbereitungen zur Ausreise nach Amerika.
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Special Issue: W G Sebald. (Journal of European Studies, 2011)
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Das schwierige 19. Jahrhundert: Germanistische Tagung zum 65. Geburtstag von Eda Sagarra im August 1998.
xi 587p thick paperback, bright green cover, frontispiece, first edition, an excellent copy
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Schreiben gegen Krieg und Gewalt. Ingeborg Bachmann und die deutschsprachige Literatur 1945 - 1980.
207p large format paperback, orange cover, as new, never used, excellent copy
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"und blätterte ein wenig in der Bibel." Studien zu Franz Kafkas Bibellektüre und ihren Auswirkungen auf sein Werk.
261p large paperback, blue cover, excellent clean and tight copy, never used, no names or stamps, ...
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Grillparzers Welttheater. Modernität und Tradition.
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Private Lives and Collective Destinies: Class, Nation and the Folk in the Works of Gustav Freytag (1816 - 1895).
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A Companion to the Works of Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
xvii 265p hardback, illustrated dustjacket, as new, never used, excellent
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Goethe and Patriarchy: Faust and the Fates of Desire.
xvi 319p dark blue paperback, well preserved, one corner with a hint of postal (?) humidity traces
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A Companion to the Works Alfred Döblin.
xvi 309p hardback, lilac dustjacket, as new, never used, excellent
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A Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti.
xiv 350p hardback, dustjacket, as new, never used, excellent
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Brücken über den Abgrund. Auseinandersetzungen mit jüdischer Leidenserfahrung, Antisemitismus und Exil. Festschrift für Harry Zohn.
428p large hardback, colourful laminated binding, excellent fresh and un-used copy, no names or ...
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German-Jewish Cultural Identity from 1900 to the Aftermath of the First World War: A Comparative Study of Moritz Goldstein, Julius Bab and Ernst Lissauer.
viii 310p paperback, sky blue cover with white and black lettering, very good condition, as new, no ...
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Aus der Judengasse: Zur Entstehung und Ausprägung deutschsprachiger Ghettoliteratur im 19. Jahrhundert.
vi 320p large paperback, light blue cover, fresh and clean copy, without names or stamps, review by ...
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Ismail Kadare: The Writer and the Dictatorship 1957 - 1990.
xvi 339p hardback, laminated boards, excellent copy, as new, never used, no names or stamps: Albania
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Wilhelm Raabe: Global Themes - International Perspectives.
xii 178p large format hardback, laminated boards, new copy, first edition
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Gypsies and Orientalism in German Literature and Anthropology of the Long Nineteenth Century.
ix 188p large format hardback, laminated boards, new copy, never used
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German Women's Writing of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: Future Directions in Feminist Criticism.
xiii 192p hardback, as new, never used
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Fontane and Cultural Mediation: Translation and Reception in Nineteenth-Century German Literature.
viii 198p large format hardback, frontispiece, excellent copy, as new, essays in honour of Helen ...
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Art and Its Uses in Thomas Mann's 'Felix Krull'.
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The Reception of English Puritan Literature in Germany.
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Ästhetischer Katholizismus: Stefan Georges Rituale der Literatur.
xi 382p purple paperback, excellent fresh copy of the first edition, no names or stamps, very good ...
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Kafka and Chinese Novels in the Later 20th Century.
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"Bei die Zeitverhältnisse noch solche Privatverhältnisse": Nestroys Alltag und dessen Dokumentation.
148p paperback, fresh and clean copy, as new, Beiträge zum Nestroy-Symposium im Rahmen der Wiener ...
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Vom schaffenden zum edierten Nestroy.
104p colourful paperback, fresh and bright copy, as new, never used
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Hamann's Prophetic Mission: A Genetic Study of Three Late Works against the Enlightenment.
viii 182p large format hardback, grey laminated boards, new copy, no names or stamps, never used, ...
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Leben lesen - Zur Theorie der Biographie um 1800.
240p large format paperback, excellent fresh copy, as new
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Prager Profile: Vergessene Autoren im Schatten Kafkas.
488p hardback with fresh dustjacket, name to endpaper, many plates, excellent copy: Rudolf Fuchs, ...
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Zwischen Gestern und Morgen: Wiens frühe Bourgeosie an der Wende vom 18. zum 19. Jahrhundert.
372p large format hardback, laminated boards, as new, no names or stamps
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Das emotionale Wirkungspotenzial von Erzähltexten. Mit Fallstudien zu Kafka, Perutz und Werfel.
331p large hardback, as new, excellent copy, tiny dent to one corner
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Writing Across Worlds: Contemporary Writers Talk.
381p paperback, this copy still partly shrink-wrapped, as new
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The Scholastic Culture of the Middle Ages 1000 - 1300.
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Selected Prejudices, Second Series.
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Fictionalizing Anthropology. Encounters and Fabulations at the Edges of the Human.
xi 336p large paperback, with illustrations, almost as new, no names or stamps
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Marie Noël.
124p small format paperback, pink lettering to front, frontispiece, a well preserved copy, nice and ...
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A Shadow of Dante, Being an Essay towards Studying Himself, His World, and His Pilgrimage. New Edition.
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