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  Literature and Religion in the German-Speaking World: From 1200 to the Present Day. Edited by Ian Cooper and John Walker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019. 347 pages + 1 b/w image. $125.00 hardcover, $100.00 e-book.

  Jadwiga Kita-Huber

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 684-687; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.684

  Jadwiga Kita-Huber

  Jagiellonian University

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  The Case of Literature: Forensic Narratives from Goethe to Kafka. By Arne Höcker. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2020. 225 pages. $125.00 hardcover, $28.95 paperback, $18.99 e-book.

  John B. Lyon

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 687-689; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.687

  John B. Lyon

  University of Pittsburgh

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  The Law of Poetry: Studies in Hölderlin’s Poetics. By Charles Lewis. Cambridge: Legenda, 2019. xii + 210 pages + 2 b/w images. £75,00 / $99.00 / €85,00 hardcover, £9,99 / $12.50 / €12,50 paperback.

  Kristina Mendicino

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 689-692; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.689

  Kristina Mendicino

  Brown University

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  Zur Wiedervorlage. Eichendorffs Texte und ihre Poetologien. Herausgegeben von Claudia Liebrand und Thomas Wortmann. München: Fink, 2020. 329 Seiten. €112,00 broschiert oder eBook.Eichendorffs Dichtersprache. Wörter, Wendungen, Motive. Ein Lexikon. Von Otto Eberhardt. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2019. 541 Seiten. €68,00.

  Marcus Bullock

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 692-696; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.692

  Marcus Bullock

  University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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  Poetik der Wunde. Zur Entdeckung des Traumas in der Literatur der Romantik. Von Nicole A. Sütterlin. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2019. 440 Seiten. €32,00 gebunden, €25,99 eBook.

  Mattias Pirholt

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 696-698; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.696

  Mattias Pirholt

  Södertörn University

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  The Aesthetics of Fear in German Romanticism. By Paola Mayer. Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019. 482 pages. CAD$130.00 hardcover, CAD$39.95 paperback, e-book (price varies).

  Christopher R. Clason

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 698-700; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.698

  Christopher R. Clason

  Oakland University

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  Maskenspiel und Seelensprache. Zur Ästhetik von Heinrich Heines Buch der Lieder und Robert Schumanns Heine-Vertonungen. Band 1: Heinrich Heines Dichtungsästhetik und Robert Schumanns Liedästhetik. Band 2: Heinrich Heines Buch der Lieder und Robert Schumanns Vertonungen. Von Ingo Müller. Baden-Baden: Rombach, 2019. 445 und 649 Seiten. €54,00 und €70,00.

  Rolf J. Goebel

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 700-703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.700

  Rolf J. Goebel

  University of Alabama in Huntsville

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  Precarious Times: Temporality and History in Modern German Culture. By Anne Fuchs. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2019. 324 pages. $29.95 paperback, $19.99 e-book.

  Heike Polster

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 703-705; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.703

  Heike Polster

  The University of Memphis

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  Franz Kafka im interkulturellen Kontext. Herausgegeben von Steffen Höhne und Manfred Weinberg. Wien/Köln/Weimar: Böhlau, 2019. 281 Seiten. €60,00 gebunden, €49,99 eBook.

  Iris Bruce

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 705-707; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.705

  Iris Bruce

  McMaster University

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  Kafka’s Stereoscopes: The Political Function of a Literary Style. By Isak Winkel Holm. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 269 pages + 5 b/w images. $121.50 hardcover, $28.76 e-book, $35.95 paperback.

  Marjorie E. Rhine

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 707-709; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.707

  Marjorie E. Rhine

  University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

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  Franz Kafkas akustische Welten. Von Rüdiger Görner. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2019. viii + 183 Seiten. €92,95 / $107.99 eBook oder gebunden.

  Rolf J. Goebel

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 709-711; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.709

  Rolf J. Goebel

  University of Alabama in Huntsville

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  The Seduction of Youth: Print Culture and Homosexual Rights in the Weimar Republic. By Isak Winkel Holm. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. 269 pages + 5 b/w images. $121.50 hardcover, $28.76 e-book, $35.95 paperback.

  Robert Deam Tobin

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 711-713; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.711

  Robert Deam Tobin

  Clark University

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  „Sterbende Kohle“ und „flüssiges Gold“. Rohstoffnarrative der Zwischenkriegszeit. Von Dariya Manova. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2021. 354 Seiten + 6 Abbildungen. €41,00 gebunden, €32,99 eBook.

  Erhard Schütz

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 713-715; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.713

  Erhard Schütz

  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

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  National Socialism and German Discourse: Unquiet Voices. By William John Dodd. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. 352 pages. $139.99 hardcover, $99.99 paperback, $79.99 ebook.

  Marcel P. Rotter

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 715-717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.715

  Marcel P. Rotter

  University of Mary Washington

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  Transformation and Education in the Literature of the GDR. By Jean E. Conacher. Rochester, N.Y.: Camden House, 2020. ix + 293 pages + 12 b/w images. $85.00 hardcover, $ 24.99 e-book.

  Katrin Bahr

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 717-720; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.717

  Katrin Bahr

  Centre College

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  What Remains: The Post-Holocaust Archive in German Memory Culture. By Dora Osborne. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2020. xii + 226 pages + 5 b/w images. $90.00 hardback, $24.99 e-book.

  Stephan Jaeger

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 720-722; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.720

  Stephan Jaeger

  University of Manitoba

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  The Second World War in the Twenty-First-Century Museum: From Narrative, Memory, and Experience to Experientiality. By Stephan Jaeger. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2020. xiv + 354 pages + 30 color images. $99.99 / €86,95 hardcover, e-book (open-access).

  Dora Osborne

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 722-723; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.722

  Dora Osborne

  University of St Andrews

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  Views of Violence: Representing the Second World War in German and European Museums and Memorials. Edited by Jörg Echternkamp and Stephan Jaeger. NewYork/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2019. 269 pages + 20 images. $135.00 hardcover, $34.95 e-book.

  Christoph D. Weber

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 724-727; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.724

  Christoph D. Weber

  University of North Texas

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  Jazz as Critique: Adorno and Black Expression Revisited. By Fumi Okiji. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018. 160 pages. $70.00 hardcover, $22.00 papberback, e-book (price varies).

  Mark Christian Thompson

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 727-730; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.727

  Mark Christian Thompson

  Johns Hopkins University

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  Vergegenwärtigung der Vergangenheit. Geschichtsbilder in W.G. Sebalds Prosa. Von Jon Gestermann. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2020. 296 Seiten. €40,00 broschiert oder eBook.

  Alan Itkin

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 730-732; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.730

  Alan Itkin

  Southern Methodist University

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  Im Abseits. W.G. Sebalds Ästhetik des Marginalen. Von Paul Whitehead. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2019. 280 Seiten + 11 Abbildungen. €39,80 gebunden oder eBook.

  Scott Denham

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 732-734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.732

  Scott Denham

  Davidson College

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  Romantik um 2000. Zur Reaktualisierung eines Modells in deutschsprachigen Romanen der Gegenwart. Von Annika Bartsch. Heidelberg: Winter, 2019. 309 Seiten + 7 s/w Abbildungen €56,00 gebunden oder eBook.

  Melissa Sheedy

  Monatshefte, December 2021, 113 (4) 734-736; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.113.4.734

  Melissa Sheedy

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

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