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  Handbuch Biographie. Methoden, Traditionen, Theorien. Herausgegeben von Christian Klein. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2009. xv + 485 Seiten. €64,95.

  Heinrich Detering

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 102-104; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0023

  Heinrich Detering

  Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

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  Einführung in die Dramen-Analyse. Von Stefan Scherer. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2010. 160 Seiten. €14,90.

  Ralf Remshardt

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 104-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0000

  Ralf Remshardt

  University of Florida

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  Optische Poesie. Von den prähistorischen Schriftzeichen bis zu den digitalen Experimenten der Gegenwart. Von Klaus Peter Dencker. Berlin und New York: de Gruyter, 2011. 969 Seiten + 303 s/w Abbildungen. €149,95.

  Peer Trilcke

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 106-108; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0005

  Peer Trilcke

  Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

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  Medien der Literatur. Vom Almanach zur Hyperfiction. Stationen einer Mediengeschichte der Literatur vom 18. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Herausgegeben von Jochen Mecke. Bielefeld: transcript, 2010. 298 Seiten + 10 farbige Abbildungen. €29,80.

  Peter Krapp

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 108-110; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0009

  Peter Krapp

  University of California, Irvine

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  Philosophie nach dem “Medial Turn”. Beiträge zur Theorie der Mediengesellschaft. Von Stefan Münker. Bielefeld: transcript, 2009. 224 Seiten. €25,80.

  Henning Wrage

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 110-112; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0013

  Henning Wrage

  Haverford College / Humboldt Universität

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  Metamorphoses of the Vampire in Literature and Film: Cultural Transformations in Europe, 1732–1933. By Erik Butler. Rochester, N.Y.: Camden House, 2010. ix + 225 pages. $75.00.

  Thomas W. Kniesche

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 112-114; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0017

  Thomas W. Kniesche

  Brown University

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  Murderesses in German Writing, 1720–1860: Heroines of Horror. By Susanne Kord. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. x + 266 pages + 12 b/w illustrations. $90.00.

  Catherine Grimm

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 114-116; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.104.1.114

  Catherine Grimm

  Miami University

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  Physik als Kunst. Die Poetisierung der Elektrizität um 1800. Von Benjamin Specht. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010. 448 Seiten. €99,95.

  Gunhild Berg

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 116-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0021

  Gunhild Berg

  Universität Konstanz

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  Elektropoetologie. Fiktionen der Elektrizität 1740–1870. Von Michael Gamper. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2010. 331 Seiten. €29,90.

  Gunhild Berg

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 116-120; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.104.1.116a

  Gunhild Berg

  Universität Konstanz

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  When Machines Play Chopin: Musical Spirit and Automation in Nineteenth-Century German Literature. By Katherine Hirt. Berlin and New York: de Gruyter, 2010. 170 pages. €79,95.

  Mary Helen Dupree

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 120-122; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0026

  Mary Helen Dupree

  Georgetown University

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  Der Europäer A.W. Schlegel. Romantischer Kulturtransfer—romantische Wissenswelten. Herausgegeben von York-Gothart Mix und Jochen Strobel. Berlin und New York: de Gruyter, 2010. xi + 354 Seiten. €99,95.

  Jocelyn Holland

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 122-123; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0003

  Jocelyn Holland

  University of California, Santa Barbara

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  Reading Riddles: Rhetorics of Obscurity from Romanticism to Freud. By Brian Tucker. Lewisburg: Bucknell University Press, 2011. 198 pages + 4 b/w illustrations. $60.00.

  Gabriel Trop

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 123-125; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0008

  Gabriel Trop

  University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

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  Georg Büchner. Das literarische Werk. Von Christian Neuhuber. Bielefeld: Erich Schmidt, 2009. 216 Seiten + 31 s/w Abbildungen. €17,80.

  John B. Lyon

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 125-128; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0012

  John B. Lyon

  University of Pittsburgh

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  Büchner-Handbuch. Leben—Werk—Wirkung. Herausgegeben von Roland Borgards und Harald Neumeyer. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2009. vii + 406 Seiten. €49,95.

  John B. Lyon

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 125-128; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.104.1.125a

  John B. Lyon

  University of Pittsburgh

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  Der Orient der Frauen. Reiseberichte deutschsprachiger Autorinnen im frühen 19. Jahrhundert. Von Ulrike Stamm. Köln: Böhlau, 2010. 368 Seiten. €49,90.

  Ulrike Brisson

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 128-130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0016

  Ulrike Brisson

  Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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  The Truth of Realism: A Reassessment of the German Novel 1830–1900. By John Walker. Oxford: Legenda, 2011. x + 213 pages. $89.50.

  Jeffrey L. Sammons

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 130-133; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0020

  Jeffrey L. Sammons

  Yale University

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  Der grüne Heinrich. Gottfried Kellers Lebensbuch—neu gelesen. Herausgegeben von Wolfram Groddeck. Zürich: Chronos, 2009. 280 Seiten. €29,80.

  Paul Fleming

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 133-135; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0024

  Paul Fleming

  Cornell University

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  Signaturen realistischen Erzählens im Werk Wilhelm Raabes. Herausgegeben von Dirk Göttsche und Ulf-Michael Schneider. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2010. 258 Seiten. €39,80

  Robert L. Jamison

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 135-137; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0001

  Robert L. Jamison

  Marquette University

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  Wilhelm Raabe. Das zeichnerische Werk. Herausgegeben von Gabriele Henkel. Hildesheim, Zürich, New York: Olms, 2010. 424 Seiten + 750 Abbildungen. €39,80.

  Monika Schmitz-Emans

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 137-139; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0006

  Monika Schmitz-Emans

  Ruhr-Universität Bochum

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  Reading Mahler: German Culture and Jewish Identity in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna. By Carl Niekerk. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2010. x + 312 pages. $75.00.

  James L. Zychowicz

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 140-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0010

  James L. Zychowicz

  Madison, Wisconsin

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  Thomas Mann’s World: Empire, Race, and the Jewish Question. By Todd Kontje. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2011. viii + 256 pages. $70.00.

  Yahya Elsaghe

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 142-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0014

  Yahya Elsaghe

  Universität Bern

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  Interwar Vienna: Culture Between Tradition and Modernity. Edited by Deborah Holmes and Lisa Silverman. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2009. vii + 302 pages + 6 b/w images. $75.00.

  Katherine Arens

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 145-146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0018

  Katherine Arens

  The University of Texas at Austin

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  Zwischen Antimoderne und Postmoderne. Das deutsche Drama und Theater der Nachkriegszeit im internationalen Kontext. Von Wolf Gerhard Schmidt. Stuttgart und Weimar: Metzler, 2009. 800 Seiten. €99,95.

  Helga W. Kraft

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 147-148; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0022

  Helga W. Kraft

  University of Illinois at Chicago

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  Rolf Dieter Brinkmann. Neue Perspektiven. Orte—Helden—Körper. Herausgegeben von Thomas Boyken, Ina Cappelmann und Uwe Schwagmeier. München: Fink, 2010. 253 Seiten. €24,90.

  Martin Kagel

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 148-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0027

  Martin Kagel

  University of Georgia

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  Wolf Haas und sein kriminalliterarisches Sprachexperiment. Von Sigrid Nindl. Berlin: Erich Schmidt, 2010. 326 Seiten. €49,80.

  Jochen Vogt

  Monatshefte, March 2012, 104 (1) 151-152; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/mon.2012.0004

  Jochen Vogt

  Duke University / Universität Essen

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