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  Language Pangs: On Pain and the Origin of Language. By Ilit Ferber. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019. xiv + 190 pages. $82.00 hardcover, e-book*.

  John K. Noyes

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 294-296; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.294
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  „Heimwärts kam ich spät gezogen‟. Das Subjekt der Heimkehr in Dichtung und Philosophie der Moderne. Eine kurze Problemgeschichte. Von Jan Urbich. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2020. 199 Seiten. €20,00 gebunden, €15,99 eBook.

  Martin Klebes

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 296-298; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.296
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  Jews Out of the Question: A Critique of Anti-Anti-Semitism. By Elad Lapidot. Albany, N.Y.: SUNY Press, 2020. viii + 332 pages. $95.00 hardcover, $33.95 paperback.

  Adam Y. Stern

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 298-300; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.298
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  Resonant Matter: Sound, Art, and the Promise of Hospitality. By Lutz Koepnick. New York/London/Oxford/New Delhi/Sydney: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. xx + 235 pages + 50 b/w and 10 color images. $99.00 hardcover, $26.95 paperback, $21.56 e-book.

  Rolf J. Goebel

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 301-302; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.301
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  Diversity and Decolonization in German Studies. Edited by Regine Criser and Ervin Malakaj. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020. 366 pages. $119.99 hardcover, $84.99 paperback, $64.99 e-book.

  Robin Ellis

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 302-304; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.302
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  The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680–1790. By Ritchie Robertson. New York: HarperCollins, 2021. xxiv + 984 pages. $45.00 hardcover, $24.49 e-book.

  Carl Niekerk

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 304-308; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.304
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  Minnas starke Schwestern. Bürgermädchen in deutschen Lustspielen 1740–1770. Von Hermann Korte. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2020. 460 Seiten. €64,00.

  Joel B. Lande

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 308-309; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.308
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  Die Vertikalen im klassischen Horizont. Schiller I Mapplethorpe. Winckelmann I Bernini. Goethe | Faulkner. Von Peter Ensberg. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2020. 210 Seiten + 1 farbige Abbildung. $39,80.

  Peter Höyng

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 310-311; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.310
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  Deutschsprachiges Nature Writing von Goethe bis zur Gegenwart. Kontroversen, Positionen, Perspektiven. Herausgegeben von Gabriele Dürbeck und Christine Kanz. Stuttgart: Metzler 2020. x + 347 Seiten. $59.99 broschiert, $44.99 eBook.

  Jürgen Goldstein

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 311-314; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.311
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  Wie Goethe Japaner wurde. Internationale Kulturdiplomatie und nationaler Identitätskurs 1889–1989. Von Stefan Keppler-Tasaki. München: Iudicium, 2020. 191 Seiten. €18,00.

  Ulrich Johannes Beil

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 314-317; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.314
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  Niegeschichte. Science Fiction als Kunst-und Denkmaschine. Von Dietmar Dath. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz, 2019. 942 Seiten. €38,00 gebunden, €25,99 eBook.

  Simon Spiegel

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 317-319; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.317
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  Beyond Tomorrow: German Science Fiction and Utopian Thought in the 20^th and 21^st Centuries. By Ingo Cornils. Rochester: Camden House, 2020. 322 pages. $99.00 hardcover, $24.99 e-book.

  Carl Gelderloos

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 319-322; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.319
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  The Gentle Apocalypse: Truth and Meaning in the Poetry of Georg Trakl. By Richard Millington. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2020. xvii + 259 pages. $85.00 hardcover, $24.99 e-book.

  Samuel Frederick

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 322-323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.322
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  Robert Musil and the Question of Science: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Problem of the Two Cultures. By Tim Mehigan. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2020. 180 pages. $90.00 hardcover, $24.99 e-book.

  Florence Vatan

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 324-326; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.324
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  Special Effects and German Silent Film: Techno-Romantic Cinema. By Katharina Loew. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2021. 320 pages. €117,00 hardcover, €116,99 e-book.

  Todd Heidt

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 326-328; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.326
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  ReFocus: The Films of Paul Leni. Edited by Erica Tortolani and Martin F. Norden. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 288 pages + 27 b/w illustrations. £85.00 / $110.00 hardcover or e-book.

  Michael Wedel

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 328-331; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.328
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  Sex, Politics, and Comedy: The Transnational Cinema of Ernst Lubitsch. By Rick McCormick. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2020. 372 pages + 30 b/w images. $95.00 hardcover, $48.00 paperback.

  Alan Lareau

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 331-333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.331
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  Ufa international. Ein deutscher Filmkonzern mit globalen Ambitionen. Herausgegeben von Philipp Stiasny, Jürgen Kasten und Frederik Lang. München: edition text + kritik, 2021. 454 Seiten + s/w Abbildungen. €39,00 broschiert, €38,99 eBook.

  Chris Wahl

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 333-335; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.333
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  German Cinema in the Age of Neoliberalism. By Hester Baer. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2021. 319 pages. €117,00 hardcover, open access e-book.

  John E. Davidson

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 335-338; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.335
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  Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement. By Tiffany N. Florvil. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2020. xvii + 283 pages. $110.00 hardcover, $26.95 paperback, $14.95 e-book.

  B. Venkat Mani

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 338-340; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.338
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  Domestic Disputes: Examining Discourses of Home and Property in the Former East Germany. By Necia Chronister. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter, 2021. x + 223 pages + 19 images. $102.99 / €89,95 hardcover or e-book.

  Joyce E. Bromley

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 340-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.340
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  Making Worlds: Affect and Collectivity in Contemporary European Cinema. By Claudia Breger. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2020. 336 pages. $105.00 hardcover, $35.00 paperback, $34.99 e-book.

  Berna Gueneli

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 343-346; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.343
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  Theatre of Anger: Radical Transnational Performance in Contemporary Berlin. By Olivia Landry. Toronto/Buffalo/London: University of Toronto Press, 2021. 236 pages + 8 images. $79.00 hardcover or e-book.

  Katrin Sieg

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 346-348; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.346
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  Wilhelm Meisters Erbe. Deutsche Bildungsidee und globale Digitalisierung. Eine Inventur. Von Heiko Christians. Köln: Böhlau, 2020. 426 Seiten. €35,00 gebunden oder eBook.

  Gunhild Berg

  Monatshefte, April 2022, 114 (2) 348-350; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.114.2.348