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  Einführung in die interkulturelle Literatur. Von Michael Hofmann und Iulia-Karin Patrut. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 2015. 168 Seiten. €17,95.

  Elke Segelcke

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 124-127; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.124

  Elke Segelcke

  Illinois State University

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  Ästhetik des Zufalls. Ordnungen des Unvorhersehbaren in Literatur und Theorie. Herausgegeben von Christoph Pflaumbaum, Carolin Rocks, Christian Schmitt und Stefan Tetzlaff. Heidelberg: Winter, 2014. 380 Seiten + 13 Abbildungen. €48,00.

  Brett Martz

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 127-130; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.127

  Brett Martz

  Longwood University

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  Emblematik der Zukunft. Poetik und Geschichte literarischer Utopien von Thomas Morus bis Robert Musil. Von Wilhelm Voßkamp. Berlin, Boston: de Gruyter, 2016. vii + 384 Seiten + 8 s/w Abbildungen. €99,95/$140.00.

  Klaus L. Berghahn

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 130-132; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.130

  Klaus L. Berghahn

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  Silence and Absence in Literature and Music. Edited by Werner Wolf and Walter Bernhart. Leiden: Brill, 2016. xi + 253 pages. €110,00.

  Rolf J. Goebel

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 132-134; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.132

  Rolf J. Goebel

  University of Alabama in Huntsville

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  The Forest in Medieval German Literature: Ecocritical Readings from a Historical Perspective. By Albrecht Classen. London: Lexington, 2015. 243 pages + 5 b/w illustrations. $95.00.

  Erhard Schütz

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 134-138; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.134

  Erhard Schütz

  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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  The Medieval Risk-Reward Society: Courts, Adventure, and Love in the European Middle Ages. By Will Hasty. Columbus: The Ohio State University Press, 2016. ix + 260 pages + 2 b/w illustrations. $99.95.

  Albrecht Classen

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 138-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.138

  Albrecht Classen

  The University of Arizona

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  Metrik und Kulturpolitik. Verstheorie bei Opitz, Klopstock und Bürger in der europäischen Tradition. Von Remigius Bunia. Berlin: Ripperger & Kremers, 2014. 144 Seiten. €14,90.

  Tanvi Solanki

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 140-142; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.140

  Tanvi Solanki

  Cornell University

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  Herder: Aesthetics against Imperialism. By John K. Noyes. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015. xi + 402 pages + 10 illustrations. $75.00.

  Lynn Zastoupil

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 142-145; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.142

  Lynn Zastoupil

  Rhodes College

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  Konzepte ästhetischer Erziehung bei Schiller und Hölderlin. Von Lars Meier. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2015. 397 Seiten. €45,00.

  Peter Höyng

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 145-147; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.145

  Peter Höyng

  Emory University

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  Novel Affinities: Composing the Family in the German Novel, 1795–1830. By Sarah Vandegrift Eldridge. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2016. 202 pages. $85.00.

  Susan E. Gustafson

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 147-149; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.147

  Susan E. Gustafson

  University of Rochester

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  Agenten der Öffentlichkeit. Theater und Medium im frühen 19. Jahrhundert. Herausgegeben von Meike Wagner. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2014. 267 Seiten + 3 farbige und 5 s/w Abbildungen. €34,80.

  Brigitte E. Jirku

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 149-151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.149

  Brigitte E. Jirku

  Universitat de València

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  Peripheral Desires: The German Discovery of Sex. By Robert Deam Tobin. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015. xix + 306 pages + 8 b/w illustrations. $69.95.

  Erik Jensen

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 151-153; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.151

  Erik Jensen

  Miami University

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  Nietzsche’s Jewish Problem: Between Anti-Semitism and Anti-Judaism. By Robert C. Holub. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2015. xx + 271 pages. $35.00.

  Steven E. Aschheim

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 153-156; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.153

  Steven E. Aschheim

  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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  Die Sprengkraft der Miniatur. Zur Kurzprosa Robert Walsers, Kafkas, Musils, mit einer antithetischen Eröffnung zu Thomas Mann. Von Bernhard Böschenstein. Hildesheim: Olms, 2013. 234 Seiten. €38,00.

  Florence Vatan

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 156-158; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.156

  Florence Vatan

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  Inheriting Walter Benjamin. By Gerhard Richter. New York: Bloomsbury, 2016. 170 pages + 2 b/w illustrations. $112.00 hardcover, $29.95 paperback, $20.99 e-book.

  Rolf J. Goebel

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 158-160; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.158

  Rolf J. Goebel

  University of Alabama in Huntsville

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  Die Dekonstruktion des Bürgerlichen im Stummfilm der Weimarer Republik. Von Ioana Craăciun. Heidelberg: Winter, 2015. 337 Seiten + 26 s/w Abbildungen. €64,00.

  Ofer Ashkenazi

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 160-161; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.160

  Ofer Ashkenazi

  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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  The Use and Abuse of Cinema: German Legacies from the Weimar Era to the Present. By Eric Rentschler. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015. 451 pages + many b/w illustrations. $105.00 hardcover, $35.00 paperback.

  Barton Byg

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 162-163; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.162

  Barton Byg

  University of Massachusetts Amherst

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  Heidegger und der Mythos der jüdischen Weltverschwörung. Von Peter Trawny. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 3. überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage, 2015. 144 Seiten. €17.80., and Heidegger and the Myth of a Jewish World Conspiracy. By Peter Trawny. Trans. Andrew J. Mitchell. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016. xii + 147 pages. $25.00.

  Brad Prager

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 164-166; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.164

  Brad Prager

  University of Missouri

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  Speaking the Unspeakable in Postwar Germany: Toward a Public Discourse on the Holocaust. By Sonja Boos. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2014. xi + 229 pages. $79.95 hardcover, $29.95 paperback.

  Felix Tweraser

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 167-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.167

  Felix Tweraser

  University of West Georgia

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  The Writers’ State: Constructing East German Literature, 1945–1959. By Stephen Brockmann. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2015. xi + 368 pages. $90.00.

  April Eisman

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 168-170; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.168

  April Eisman

  Iowa State University

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  The Politics of Magic: DEFA Fairy-Tale Films. By Qinna Shen. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2015. xv + 311 pages + 27 b/w illustrations. $31.99.

  Sonja Fritzsche

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 171-173; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.171

  Sonja Fritzsche

  Michigan State University

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  After the Red Army Faction: Gender, Culture, and Militancy. Charity Scribner. New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. 312 pages + 30 b/w illustrations. $60.00.

  Sonja E. Klocke

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 173-175; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.173

  Sonja E. Klocke

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  German Narratives of Belonging: Writing Generation and Place in the Twenty-First Century. By Linda Shortt. Oxford: Legenda, 2015. 133 pages. $99.00.

  Alexandra M. Hill

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 175-177; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.175

  Alexandra M. Hill

  University of Portland

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  Taking Stock of German Studies in the United States: The New Millennium. Edited by Rachel J. Halverson and Carol Anne Costabile-Heming. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2015. xii + 312 pages. $75.00.

  Helga G. Braunbeck

  Monatshefte, March 2017, 109 (1) 177-179; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.109.1.177

  Helga G. Braunbeck

  North Carolina State University

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