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  Representing the Unimaginable: Narratives of Disaster. Edited by Angela Stock and Cornelia Stott. New York: Peter Lang, 2007. 227 pages + b/w illustrations. €42,50.

  Christoph Weber

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 403-405; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0158

  Christoph Weber

  University of North Texas

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  Schriftsteller-Inszenierungen. Herausgegeben von Gunter E. Grimm und Christian Schärf. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2008. 293 Seiten + 15 s/w und 10 farbige Abbildungen. €29,80.

  Wolfgang Emmerich

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 405-407; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0163

  Wolfgang Emmerich

  Universität Bremen

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  Wie die Welt lacht. Lachkulturen im Vergleich. Herausgegeben von Waltraud Wende. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann, 2008. 349 Seiten. €49,80.

  Jürgen Macha

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 407-408; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0159

  Jürgen Macha

  Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

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  Der Tod der Nachtigall. Liebe als Selbstreflexivität von Kunst. Herausgegeben von Martin Baisch und Beatrice Trînca. Göttingen: V & R unipress, 2009. 269 Seiten. €43,90.

  Albrecht Classen

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 408-410; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0142

  Albrecht Classen

  The University of Arizona

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  Laughter and Narrative in the Later Middle Ages: German Comic Tales 1350–1525. By Sebastian Coxon. Oxford: Legenda, 2008. 230 pages. $89.50.

  Thomas Kerth

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 410-412; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0147

  Thomas Kerth

  Stony Brook University

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  Zigeunerbilder. Ein dunkles Kapitel der deutschen Literaturgeschichte. Von der frühen Neuzeit bis zur Romantik. Von Wilhelm Solms. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2008. 316 Seiten. €28,00.

  Iulia-Karin Patrut

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 412-414; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0160

  Iulia-Karin Patrut

  Universität Trier

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  Alles ist gut. Untersuchungen zur Geschichte einer Theodizee-Formel im 18. Jahrhundert in Deutschland, England und Frankreich. Von Marion Hellwig. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2008. 384 Seiten. €48,00.

  Wulf Koepke

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 414-416; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0132

  Wulf Koepke

  Texas A&M University

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  Vorurteil—Anthropologie—Literatur. Der Vorurteilsdiskurs als Modus der Selbstaufklärung im 18. Jahrhundert. Von Rainer Godel. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2007. 496 Seiten. €136,00.

  John H. Zammito

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 416-418; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0137

  John H. Zammito

  Rice University

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  Physis und Norm. Neue Perspektiven der Anthropologie im 18. Jahrhundert. Herausgegeben von Manfred Beetz, Jörn Garber und Heinz Thoma. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2007. 488 Seiten + 18 Abbildungen. €44,00.

  Nicole Calian

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 418-421; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0153

  Nicole Calian

  University of Washington

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  Erzählte Menschenkenntnis. Moralische Erzählungen und Verhaltensschriften der deutschsprachigen Spätaufklärung. Von Gunhild Berg. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 2006. 406 Seiten. €104,00.

  Brian McInnis

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 421-423; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0149

  Brian McInnis

  University of Northern Iowa

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  Early Feminists and the Education Debates: England, France, Germany 1760–1810. By Carol Strauss Sotiropoulos. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007. 319 pages. $52.50.

  Pia Schmid

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 423-426; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0154

  Pia Schmid

  Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

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  Selbstbestimmtes Leben um 1800. Sophie Mereau, Johanna Schopenhauer und Henriette von Egloffstein in Weimar und Jena. Von Julia Di Bartolo. Heidelberg: Winter, 2007. 384 Seiten. €54,00.

  Barbara Becker-Cantarino

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 426-428; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0148

  Barbara Becker-Cantarino

  Ohio State University

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  Women and Literature in the Goethe Era 1770–1820: Determined Dilettantes. By Helen Fronius. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 288 pages. £55.00. and Challenging Separate Spheres: Female Bildung in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Germany. Edited by Marjanne E. Goozé. Bern: Peter Lang, 2007. 317 pages. €64,60.

  Ruth P. Dawson

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 428-431; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0139

  Ruth P. Dawson

  University of Hawaii at Manoa

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  Geopoetik. Studien zur Metaphorik des Gesteins in der Lyrik von Hölderlin bis Celan. Von Erika Schellenberger-Diederich. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2006. 386 Seiten. €39,80.

  Alexander Honold

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 431-434; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0144

  Alexander Honold

  Universität Basel

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  Gypsies and Orientalism in German Literature and Anthropology of the Long Nineteenth Century. By Nicholas Saul. London: Legenda, 2007. 188 pages. £45.00.

  Roger Russi

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 434-436; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0162

  Roger Russi

  Middlebury College

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  Trials and Tribunals in the Dramas of Heinrich von Kleist. By Kim Fordham. Bern: Peter Lang, 2007. 153 pages. €39,50.

  Erika Berroth

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 436-437; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0134

  Erika Berroth

  Southwestern University

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  “. . . wie ein dunkler sprung durch eine helle tasse . . .” Rainer Maria Rilkes Poetik des Blinden. Eine ukrainische Spur. Von Adrianna Hlukhovych. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2007. 287 Seiten. €39,80.

  Peter Zusi

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 437-438; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0143

  Peter Zusi

  University College London

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  Turning to Nature in Germany: Hiking, Nudism, and Conservation, 1900–1940. By John Alexander Williams. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007. x + 354 pages. $55.00.

  Carl Niekerk

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 439-440; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0151

  Carl Niekerk

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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  “Kampf gegen Gespenster”. Die Radio-Essays Wolfgang Koeppens und Arno Schmidts im Nachtprogramm des Süddeutschen Rundfunks als kritisches Gedächtnismedium. Von Ansgar Warner. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2007. 190 Seiten. €29,80.

  Justus Fetscher

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 440-443; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0157

  Justus Fetscher

  Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Berlin

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  Eine Welt aus Sprache. Zum Werk von Gerlind Reinshagen. Eine kritische Anthologie. Herausgegeben von Helga Kraft und Therese Hörnigk. Berlin: Theater der Zeit, 2007. 242 Seiten. €18,00.

  Dagmar Jaeger

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 444-445; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0138

  Dagmar Jaeger

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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  Elfriede Jelinek: Writing Woman, Nation, and Identity. A Critical Anthology. Edited by Matthias Piccolruaz Konzett and Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007. 317 pages. $55.00.

  Jack Davis

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 445-447; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0146

  Jack Davis

  University of Wisconsin-Madison

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  Marlene Streeruwitz. Herausgegeben von Günther A. Höfler und Gerhard Melzer. Graz: Droschl, 2008. 247 Seiten. €29,00.

  Helga W. Kraft

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 447-449; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0133

  Helga W. Kraft

  University of Illinois at Chicago

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  Figurationen der Katastrophe. Ästhetische Verfahren in W.G. Sebalds Die Ringe des Saturn und Austerlitz. Von Bettina Mosbach. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2008. 357 Seiten. €39,80.

  Markus Zisselsberger

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 449-451; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0141

  Markus Zisselsberger

  University of Miami

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  Writing the New Berlin: The German Capital in Post-Wall Literature. By Katharina Gerstenberger. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2008. x + 209 pages. $75.00.

  Stephen Brockmann

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 452-453; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0161

  Stephen Brockmann

  Carnegie Mellon University

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  Text—Hypertext—Hypermedia. Ästhetische Möglichkeiten der digitalen Literatur mittels Intertextualität, Interaktivität und Intermedialität. Von Hyun-Joo Yoo. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann, 2007. 242 Seiten. €38,00.

  Peter Krapp

  Monatshefte, September 2009, 101 (3) 453-455; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.0.0155

  Peter Krapp

  University of California, Irvine

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