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  Handbuch Literatur & Visuelle Kultur. Herausgegeben von Claudia Benthien und Brigitte Weingart. Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter, 2014. vii + 642 Seiten + zahlreiche s/w Abbildungen. €149,95.

  Rüdiger Singer

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 629-631; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.629

  Rüdiger Singer

  University of Minnesota–Twin Cities

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  Handbuch Literatur & Raum. Herausgegeben von Jörg Dünne und Andreas Mahler. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2015. 590 Seiten + 3 s/w Abbildungen. €149,99.

  Monika Shafi

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 631-633; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.631

  Monika Shafi

  University of Delaware

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  The Tragedy of Fatherhood: King Laius and the Politics of Paternity in the West. By Silke-Maria Weineck. New York: Bloomsbury, 2014. x + 208 pages. $29.95.

  Eleanor ter Horst

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 633-635; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.633

  Eleanor ter Horst

  University of South Alabama

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  Luther und die deutsche Sprache. 500 Jahre deutsche Sprachgeschichte im Lichte der neueren Forschung. Von Werner Besch. Bielefeld: Erich Schmidt, 2014. 181 Seiten + 38 s/w und farbige Abbildungen. €29,80.

  Mark L. Louden

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 635-637; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.635

  Mark L. Louden

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  Das Diktat. Phono-graphische Verfahren der Aufschreibung. Herausgegeben von Natalie Binczek und Cornelia Epping-Jäger. Paderborn: Wilhelm Fink, 2015. 315 Seiten + 23 s/w Abbildungen + 8 farbige Tafeln. €39,90.

  Tyler Whitney

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 637-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.637

  Tyler Whitney

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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  Grimm Legacies: The Magic Spell of the Grimms’ Folk and Fairy Tales. By Jack Zipes. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2015. 267 pages + 8 b/w illustrations. $35.00.

  Klaus L. Berghahn

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 639-640; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.639

  Klaus L. Berghahn

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  Einführung in den Kriminalroman. Von Thomas Kniesche. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2015. 168 Seiten. €17,95.

  Julia Karolle-Berg

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 640-642; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.640

  Julia Karolle-Berg

  John Carroll University

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  ,Beinahekrimis‘ – Beinahe Krimis!? Herausgegeben von Sigrid Thielking und Jochen Vogt, unter Mitarbeit von Sarah Michaelis. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2014. 245 Seiten. €24,80.

  Faye Stewart

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 642-644; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.642

  Faye Stewart

  Georgia State University

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  The Practices of the Enlightenment: Aesthetics, Authorship, and the Public. By Dorothea E. von Mücke. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. 292 pages + 13 b/w illustrations. $75.00.

  John A. McCarthy

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 644-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.644

  John A. McCarthy

  Vanderbilt University

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  Querdenker der Aufklärung. Studien zu Johann Georg Hamann. Von Sven-Aage Jørgensen. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2013. 223 Seiten. €34,90.

  Staffan Bengtsson

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 648-650; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.648

  Staffan Bengtsson

  Uppsala University

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  Armed Ambiguity: Women Warriors in German Literature and Culture in the Age of Goethe. By Julie Koser. Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press, 2016. x + 250 pages. $99.00 hardcover, $34.95 paperback.

  Gail K. Hart

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 650-652; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.650

  Gail K. Hart

  University of California, Irvine

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  Goethe. Inter- und transkulturelle poetische Spiele. Von Norbert Mecklenburg. München: Iudicium, 2014. 479 Seiten. €42,00.

  Charlotte Lee

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 652-654; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.652

  Charlotte Lee

  Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge

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  Goethe’s Families of the Heart. By Susan E. Gustafson. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2016. viii + 199 pages. $120.00 hardcover, $107.99 e-book.

  Marcus Bullock

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 654-656; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.654

  Marcus Bullock

  University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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  Goethe and Judaism: The Troubled Inheritance of Modern Literature. By Karin Schutjer. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2015. xiii + 245 pages + 5 b/w illustrations. $99.95 hardcover, $34.95 paperback.

  Martha B. Helfer

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 656-658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.656

  Martha B. Helfer

  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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  Komfortable Wüsten. Das Interieur in der Literatur des europäischen Realismus des 19. Jahrhunderts. Von Uta Schürmann. Köln: Böhlau, 2015. 233 Seiten + 18 s/w Abbildungen + 8 farbige Tafeln. €39,90.

  Frederick Betz

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 658-661; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.658

  Frederick Betz

  Southern Illinois University–Carbondale

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  Gustav Freytag (1816–1895). Literat – Publizist – Historiker. Herausgegeben von Hans-Werner Hahn und Dirk Oschmann. Köln: Böhlau, 2016. 295 Seiten + 2 s/w Abbildungen. €40,00.

  Jeffrey L. Sammons

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 661-663; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.661

  Jeffrey L. Sammons

  Yale University

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  Tötungsarten und Ermittlungspraktiken. Zum literarischen und kriminalistischen Wissen von Mord und Detektion. Herausgegeben von Maximilian Bergengruen, Gideon Haut und Stephanie Langer. Freiburg: Rombach, 2015. 228 Seiten. €48,00.

  Thomas W. Kniesche

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 663-666; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.663

  Thomas W. Kniesche

  Brown University

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  Vienna’s Dreams of Europe: Culture and Identity beyond the Nation-State. By Katherine Arens. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015. ix + 328 pages. $34.95.

  William M. Johnston

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 666-668; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.666

  William M. Johnston

  University of Massachusetts, Amherst

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  Intermedialität – Multimedialität. Literatur und Musik in Deutschland von 1900 bis heute. Herausgegeben von Raul Calzoni, Peter Kofler und Valentina Savietto. Göttingen: V&R unipress, 2015. 206 Seiten + 14 Abbildungen. €40,00.

  Rolf J. Goebel

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 668-671; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.668

  Rolf J. Goebel

  University of Alabama in Huntsville

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  Orientierungsfahrten. Sowjetunion- und USA-Berichte der Weimarer Republik als Reflexionsmedium im Modernediskurs. Von Simon Huber. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2014. 266 Seiten. €34,80.

  Gregor Streim

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 671-673; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.671

  Gregor Streim

  Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

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  Zwischen Innerer Emigration und Exil. Deutschsprachige Schriftsteller 1933– 1945. Herausgegeben von Marcin Gołaszewski, Magdalena Kardach und Leonore Krenzlin. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2016. 338 Seiten. €89,95.

  Paul Michael Lützeler

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 673-675; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.673

  Paul Michael Lützeler

  Washington University in St. Louis

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  Brecht. Rollenmodell eines Dichters. Von Uwe Kolbe. Frankfurt am Main: Fischer, 2016. 176 Seiten. €18,99 gebunden, €17,99 eBook.

  Stephen Brockmann

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 675-677; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.675

  Stephen Brockmann

  Carnegie Mellon University

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  Realism as Protest: Kluge, Schlingensief, Haneke. By Tara Forrest. Bielefeld: transcript, 2015. 186 pages + 20 b/w illustrations. €29,99.

  Jack Davis

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 677-679; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.677

  Jack Davis

  Truman State University

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  Tatort Germany: The Curious Case of German-Language Crime Fiction. Edited by Lynn M. Kutch and Todd Herzog. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2014. 263 pages. $90.00.

  Sonja Osterwalder

  Monatshefte, December 2016, 108 (4) 679-681; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.108.4.679

  Sonja Osterwalder

  Universität Zürich

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