Table of Contents
September 01, 2016; Volume 108,Issue 3
Special Issue: Measuring the World
Articles
- You have accessRestricted accessMeasuring the World PrefaceB. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter, B. Venkat Mani and Pamela M. PotterMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 313-320; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.313B. Venkat ManiPamela M. PotterB. Venkat Mani
- You have accessRestricted accessTaking the Measure of National Greatness: Georg Brandes’s Condemnation of German ImperialismJulie K. AllenMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 321-331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.321Julie K. AllenBrigham Young University, Provo
- You have accessRestricted accessDas Wetterleuchten der Weltliteratur. Eine Debatte um 1900.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Peter GoßensMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 332-349; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.332B. Venkat ManiRuhr-Universität BochumPamela M. PotterRuhr-Universität BochumPeter GoßensRuhr-Universität Bochum
- You have accessRestricted accessMeasuring the Borderland in Sabrina Janesch’s Katzenberge (2010)B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Karolina May-ChuMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 350-361; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.350B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonPamela M. PotterUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonKarolina May-ChuUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison
- You have accessRestricted accessChina Circulating in Early Modern German Print MediaB. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Daniel PurdyMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 362-371; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.362B. Venkat ManiPennsylvania State UniversityPamela M. PotterPennsylvania State UniversityDaniel PurdyPennsylvania State University
- You have accessRestricted accessGerman Visual Culture: From National to European StyleB. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Randall HalleMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 372-382; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.372B. Venkat ManiUniversity of PittsburghPamela M. PotterUniversity of PittsburghRandall HalleUniversity of Pittsburgh
- You have accessRestricted accessWorlding versus Worldview: Heidegger’s Thinking on Art as a Critique of German HistoricismB. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Katherine M. RobiadekMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 383-394; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.383B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonPamela M. PotterUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonKatherine M. RobiadekUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
- You have accessRestricted accessLinguistic Borderlands Exploring the Role of Language in Uwe Timm’s MorengaB. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Lisa YagerMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 395-402; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.395B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonPamela M. PotterUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonLisa YagerUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
Book Reviews
- You have accessRestricted accessFontes Litterarum. Typographische Gestaltung und literarischer Ausdruck. Herausgegeben von Markus Polzer und Philipp Vanscheidt. Hildesheim: Olms, 2014. 479 Seiten. €68,00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Peter KrappMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 403-405; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.403B. Venkat ManiUniversity of California, IrvinePamela M. PotterUniversity of California, IrvinePeter KrappUniversity of California, Irvine
- You have accessRestricted accessOrienting the Self: The German Literary Encounter with the Eastern Other. By Debra N. Prager. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2014. x + 327 pages. $85.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Todd KontjeMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 405-407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.405B. Venkat ManiUniversity of California, San DiegoPamela M. PotterUniversity of California, San DiegoTodd KontjeUniversity of California, San Diego
- You have accessRestricted accessGerman Culture and the Modern Environmental Imagination: Narrating and Depicting Nature. By Sabine Wilke. Leiden: Brill, 2015. 236 pages + 9 color illustrations. €59,00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Caroline SchaumannMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 407-409; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.407B. Venkat ManiEmory UniversityPamela M. PotterEmory UniversityCaroline SchaumannEmory University
- You have accessRestricted accessMysticism and Reform, 1400–1750. Edited by Sara S. Poor and Nigel Smith. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015. 424 pages. $45.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Claire Taylor JonesMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 409-411; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.409B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Notre DamePamela M. PotterUniversity of Notre DameClaire Taylor JonesUniversity of Notre Dame
- You have accessRestricted accessPoetry As a Way of Life: Aesthetics and Askesis in the German Eighteenth Century. By Gabriel Trop. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2015. xii + 388 pages. $89.95.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Johannes SchmidtMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 411-413; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.411B. Venkat ManiClemson UniversityPamela M. PotterClemson UniversityJohannes SchmidtClemson University
- You have accessRestricted accessDer ganze Mensch – die ganze Menschheit. Völkerkundliche Anthropologie, Literatur und Ästhetik um 1800. Herausgegeben von Stefan Hermes und Sebastian Kaufmann. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2014. vi + 318 Seiten + 9 s/w Abbildungen. €89,95.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Carl NiekerkMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 413-415; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.413B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–ChampaignPamela M. PotterUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–ChampaignCarl NiekerkUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- You have accessRestricted accessLyrik als Klangkunst. Klanggestaltung in Goethes Nachtliedern und ihren Vertonungen von Reichardt bis Wolf. Von Anne Holzmüller. Freiburg: Rombach, 2015. 467 Seiten + zahlreiche s/w Abbildungen. €58,00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Hannah V. EldridgeMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 415-417; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.415B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonPamela M. PotterUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonHannah V. EldridgeUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
- You have accessRestricted accessJewish Philosophical Politics in Germany, 1789–1848. By Sven-Erik Rose. Waltham, MA: Brandeis University Press, 2014. xiii + 381 pages. $40.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Jeffrey GrossmanMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 417-420; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.417B. Venkat ManiUniversity of VirginiaPamela M. PotterUniversity of VirginiaJeffrey GrossmanUniversity of Virginia
- You have accessRestricted accessJewish Pasts, German Fictions: History, Memory, and Minority Culture in Germany, 1824–1955. By Jonathan Skolnik. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014. xv + 260 pages + 17 b/w illustrations. $65.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Abigail GillmanMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 420-423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.420B. Venkat ManiBoston UniversityPamela M. PotterBoston UniversityAbigail GillmanBoston University
- You have accessRestricted accessTransatlantic Crossings and Transformations: German-American Cultural Transfer from the 18th to the End of the 19th Century. By Kurt Mueller-Vollmer. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2015. 418 pages. $94.95.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Cora Lee KlugeMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 423-425; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.423B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonPamela M. PotterUniversity of Wisconsin–MadisonCora Lee KlugeUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
- You have accessRestricted accessKindred by Choice: Germans and American Indians since 1800. By H. Glenn Penny. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013. xx + 372 pages + 35 illustrations. $30.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Jeffrey L. SammonsMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 425-428; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.425B. Venkat ManiYale UniversityPamela M. PotterYale UniversityJeffrey L. SammonsYale University
- You have accessRestricted accessSophie Discovers Amerika: German-Speaking Women Write the New World. Edited by Rob McFarland and Michelle Stott James. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2014. xi + 312 pages + 6 b/w illustrations. $90.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Marcel P. RotterMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 428-429; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.428B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Mary WashingtonPamela M. PotterUniversity of Mary WashingtonMarcel P. RotterUniversity of Mary Washington
- You have accessRestricted accessZwischen unsicherem Wissen und sicherem Unwissen. Erzählte Wissensformation im realistischen Roman: Stifters „Der Nachsommer“ und Vischers „Auch Einer“. Von Petra Mayer. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2014. 279 Seiten. €34,80.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Shoshana SchwebelMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 429-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.429B. Venkat ManiMcGill UniversityPamela M. PotterMcGill UniversityShoshana SchwebelMcGill University
- You have accessRestricted accessDas andere Labyrinth. Imaginäre Räume in der Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts. Von Matthias Hennig. München: Fink, 2015. 275 Seiten + 5 s/w Abbildungen. €39,90.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Monika Schmitz-EmansMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 431-436; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.431B. Venkat ManiRuhr-Universität BochumPamela M. PotterRuhr-Universität BochumMonika Schmitz-EmansRuhr-Universität Bochum
- You have accessRestricted accessNamibia and Germany: Negotiating the Past. By Reinhart Kössler. Windhoek: University of Namibia Press and Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2015. xiii + 377 pages + many b/w and color illustrations. $42.00 / €39,90.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Joachim ZellerMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 436-439; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.436B. Venkat ManiBerlinPamela M. PotterBerlin
- You have accessRestricted accessWalter Benjamins Übersetzungsästhetik. Die Aufgabe des Übersetzers im Kontext von Benjamins Frühwerk und seiner Zeit. Von Julia Abel. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2014. 399 Seiten. €45,00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Rolf J. GoebelMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 439-441; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.439B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Alabama in HuntsvillePamela M. PotterUniversity of Alabama in HuntsvilleRolf J. GoebelUniversity of Alabama in Huntsville
- You have accessRestricted accessRobert Gilbert. Eine zeitgeschichtliche Biografie. Von Christian Walther. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2016. 435 Seiten. €84,95B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Alan LareauMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 441-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.441B. Venkat ManiUniversity of Wisconsin–OshkoshPamela M. PotterUniversity of Wisconsin–OshkoshAlan LareauUniversity of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
- You have accessRestricted accessHeidegger and the Media. By David Gunkel and Paul A. Taylor. Cambridge; Oxford; Boston: Polity, 2014. xiii + 196 pages + 5 b/w illustrations. $59.95 hardcover, $19.95 paperback.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Markus WeidlerMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 443-446; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.443B. Venkat ManiColumbus State UniversityPamela M. PotterColumbus State UniversityMarkus WeidlerColumbus State University
- You have accessRestricted accessSociability and Its Enemies: German Political Theory After 1945. By Jakob Norberg. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2014. 240 pages. $80.00 hardcover, $39.95 paperback.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Peter Uwe HohendahlMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 446-449; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.446B. Venkat ManiCornell UniversityPamela M. PotterCornell UniversityPeter Uwe HohendahlCornell University
- You have accessRestricted accessHeimat, Space, Narrative: Toward a Transnational Approach to Flight and Expulsion. By Friederike Eigler. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2014. xi + 211 pages. $75.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Anke S. BiendarraMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 449-451; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.449B. Venkat ManiUniversity of California, IrvinePamela M. PotterUniversity of California, IrvineAnke S. BiendarraUniversity of California, Irvine
- You have accessRestricted accessHeimat, Loss and Identity: Flight and Expulsion in German Literature from the 1950s to the Present. By Karina Berger. Oxford, Bern, et al.: Peter Lang, 2014. viii + 227 pages. $97.95., and: Representations of Flight and Expulsion in East German Prose Works. By Bill Niven. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2014. 219 pages. $85.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Friederike EiglerMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 451-455; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.451B. Venkat ManiGeorgetown UniversityPamela M. PotterGeorgetown UniversityFriederike EiglerGeorgetown University
- You have accessRestricted accessEast German Cinema: DEFA and Film History. By Sebastian Heiduschke. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. x + 196 pages + 12 b/w illustrations. $28.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Stefan SoldovieriMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 455-457; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.455B. Venkat ManiUniversity of TorontoPamela M. PotterUniversity of TorontoStefan SoldovieriUniversity of Toronto
- You have accessRestricted accessInto the Groove: Popular Music and Contemporary German Fiction. By Andrew Wright Hurley. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2015. ix + 272 pages. $85.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Ulrich AdeltMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 457-458; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.457B. Venkat ManiUniversity of WyomingPamela M. PotterUniversity of WyomingUlrich AdeltUniversity of Wyoming
- You have accessRestricted accessW.G. Sebald’s Hybrid Poetics: Literature as Historiography. By Lynn L. Wolff. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2014. xii + 297 pages. $126.00.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Stephan JaegerMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 458-460; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.458B. Venkat ManiUniversity of ManitobaPamela M. PotterUniversity of ManitobaStephan JaegerUniversity of Manitoba
- You have accessRestricted accessAntikenkonfigurationen in der deutschsprachigen Lyrik nach 1990. Von Aniela Knoblich. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2014. xi + 382 Seiten. €99,95.B. Venkat Mani, Pamela M. Potter and Erk GrimmMonatshefte, September 2016, 108 (3) 460-463; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.3.460B. Venkat ManiBarnard CollegePamela M. PotterBarnard CollegeErk GrimmBarnard College
