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  Hermanns Schlachten. Zur Literaturgeschichte eines nationalen Mythos. Herausgegeben von Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2009. 347 Seiten + 6 Abbildungen. €34,80.

  Iulia-Karin Patrut

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 600-602; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0044

  Iulia-Karin Patrut

  Universität Trier

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  History of Islam in German Thought: From Leibniz to Nietzsche. By Ian Almond. New York: Routledge, 2009. vii + 199 pages. $95.00.

  Kamakshi P. Murti

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 602-604; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0049

  Kamakshi P. Murti

  Middlebury College

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  Friedrich Schiller. Von Dirk Oschmann. Köln: Böhlau, 2009. 126 Seiten. €9,90.

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 604-607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0054
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  Goethe & Schiller. Geschichte einer Freundschaft. Von Rüdiger Safranski. München: Hanser, 2009. 344 Seiten. €21,50.

  Klaus L. Berghahn

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 604-607; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.102.4.604a

  Klaus L. Berghahn

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  Narcissism and Paranoia in the Age of Goethe. By Alexander Mathäs. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2008. 255 pages. $56.50.

  Ann Schmiesing

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 607-609; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0027

  Ann Schmiesing

  University of Colorado–Boulder

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  Exemplarity and Mediocrity: The Art of the Average from Bourgeois Tragedy to Realism. By Paul Fleming. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2009. 226 pages. $55.00

  Brian Tucker

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 609-611; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0032

  Brian Tucker

  Wabash College

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  Die Geburt des Autors aus dem Geist der Herausgeberfiktion. Editoriale Rahmung im Roman um 1800: Wieland, Goethe, Brentano, Jean Paul und E.T.A. Hoffmann. Von Uwe Wirth. München: Fink, 2008. 473 Seiten. €59,00.

  Rainer Godel

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 611-615; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0037

  Rainer Godel

  Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle-Wittenberg

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  Penthesileas Versprechen. Exemplarische Studien über die literarische Referenz. Herausgegeben von Rüdiger Campe. Freiburg: Rombach, 2008. 374 Seiten. €44,00.

  Erika Berroth

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 615-616; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0042

  Erika Berroth

  Southwestern University

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  Romanticism and Improvisation, 1750–1850. By Angela Esterhammer. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. 288 pages. $93.00.

  Sean Franzel

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 617-618; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0047

  Sean Franzel

  University of Missouri–Columbia

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  German Romanticism and Science: The Procreative Poetics of Goethe, Novalis, and Ritter. By Jocelyn Holland. New York: Routledge, 2009. 221 pages. $95.00.

  Heather I. Sullivan

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 619-620; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0052

  Heather I. Sullivan

  Trinity University

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  Music in German Immigrant Theater: New York City, 1840–1940. By John Koegel. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 2009. 620 pages + 90 b/w illustrations + 1 CD. $80.00.

  Alan Lareau

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 621-622; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0025

  Alan Lareau

  University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh

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  Fontane’s Landscapes. By James N. Bade. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2009. 172 pages + illustrations. €28,00.

  Frederick Betz

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 622-624; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0030

  Frederick Betz

  Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

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  Handbuch Fin de Siècle. Herausgegeben von Sabine Haupt and Stefan Bodo Würffel. Stuttgart: Kröner, 2008. xxii + 950 Seiten + 34 s/w Abbildungen. €49,00.

  Peter Zusi

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 624-626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0035

  Peter Zusi

  University College London

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  The Technological Unconscious in German Modernist Literature: Nature in Rilke, Benn, Brecht, and Döblin. By Larson Powell. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2008. 256 pages. $65.00.

  Christine Kanz

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 626-629; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0040

  Christine Kanz

  Universität Marburg / Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung

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  A Companion to the Works of Walter Benjamin. Edited by Rolf J. Goebel. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2009. xiii + 314 pages. $90.00.

  Dirk Oschmann

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 629-631; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0045

  Dirk Oschmann

  Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

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  Benjamin’s–abilities. By Samuel Weber. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008. 376 pages. $29.95.

  Uwe Steiner

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 631-634; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0050

  Uwe Steiner

  Rice University

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  Walter Benjamin und die romantische Moderne. Herausgegeben von Heinz Brüggemann und Günter Oesterle. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2009. 585 Seiten + 8 farbige Abbildungen. €58,00.

  Rolf J. Goebel

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 634-636; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0055

  Rolf J. Goebel

  University of Alabama in Huntsville

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  The Frankfurt School in Exile. By Thomas Wheatland. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2009. xxi + 415 pages. $39.95.

  Hinrich C. Seeba

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 636-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0028

  Hinrich C. Seeba

  University of California at Berkeley

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  Thought-Images: Frankfurt School Writers’ Reflections from Damaged Life. By Gerhard Richter. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007. 233 pages. $60.00.

  Peter Gilgen

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 639-640; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0033

  Peter Gilgen

  Cornell University

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  “Blumenworte welkten”. Identität und Fremdheit in Rose Ausländers Lyrik. Herausgegeben von Jens Birkmeyer. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2008. 255 Seiten. €34,80.

  Jefford Vahlbusch

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 640-642; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0038

  Jefford Vahlbusch

  University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire

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  From Shakespeare to Frisch: The Provocative Fritz Kortner. By Richard D. Critchfield. Heidelberg: Synchron, 2008. 233 pages + 28 b/w illustrations. €34,80.

  Andreas Englhart

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 642-644; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0043

  Andreas Englhart

  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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  Nicht(s) sagen. Strategien der Sprachabwendung im 20. Jahrhundert. Herausgegeben von Emmanuel Alloa und Alice Lagaay. Bielefeld: transcript, 2008. 304 Seiten. €28,80.

  Stefan Greif

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 644-646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0048

  Stefan Greif

  Universität Kassel

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  Kisten, Krypten, Labyrinthe. Raumfigurationen in der Gegenwartsliteratur: W.G. Sebald, Anne Duden, Herta Müller. Von Anja K. Johannsen. Bielefeld: transcript, 2008. 240 Seiten. €26,80.

  Margaret R. McCarthy

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 646-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0053

  Margaret R. McCarthy

  Davidson College

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  Bürgerkrieg global: Menschenrechtsethos und deutschsprachiger Gegenwartsroman. Von Paul Michael Lützeler. München: Fink, 2009. 360 Seiten. €29,90.

  Monika Albrecht

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 648-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0026

  Monika Albrecht

  University of Limerick

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  Choreographing the Global in European Cinema and Theater. By Katrin Sieg. New York: Palgrave, 2008. 227 pages. $79.95.

  Helga Kraft

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 650-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2010.0031

  Helga Kraft

  University of Illinois–Chicago

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  Günter Grass im Visier—Die Stasi-Akte. Eine Dokumentation mit Kommentaren von Günter Grass und Zeitzeugen. Von Kai Schlüter. Berlin: Ch. Links, 2010. 384 Seiten + 23 Abbildungen. €24,90.

  Siegfried Mews

  Monatshefte, December 2010, 102 (4) 652-654; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.102.4.652

  Siegfried Mews

  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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