Table of Contents
October 01, 2025; Volume 117,Issue 3
Special Issue: Anthropocene 2.0. Climate Engineering in German Cultural Representations
Articles
- You have accessRestricted accessClimate Engineering in German Cultural Representations—the Anthropocene 2.0 [Klimaengineering in deutschsprachigen kulturellen Darstellungen—das Anthropozän 2.0]Marko PajevićMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 351-369; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.351Marko PajevićUniversity of Tartu, Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, Jakobi 2-320, 51005 Tartu, EstoniaUppsala University
- You have accessRestricted access“Der Sinn der Erde beginnt sich zu ändern” [“Der Sinn der Erde beginnt sich zu ändern”]Geophysics and Titanism in Ernst Jünger’s An der Zeitmauer [Geophysik und Titanismus in Ernst Jüngers An der Zeitmauer]Thomas CrewMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 370-395; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.370Thomas CrewUniversity of Warwick, Faculty of Arts Building, University Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
- You have accessRestricted accessClimate Engineering and Weather on the Stage [Klimaengineering und das Wetter auf der Bühne]From Baroque Spectacle to Postdramatic Theater [Vom barocken Spektakel zum postdramatischen Theater]Urs BüttnerMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 396-416; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.396Urs BüttnerUniversity of Oxford, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, St. John’s College, St. Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JP, United Kingdom
- You have accessRestricted accessCastles in the Air [Luftschlösser]Thinking Climate Engineering with Franz Kafka and T.C. Boyle [Mit Franz Kafka und T.C. Boyle Klimaengineering denken]Caitríona Ní DhúillMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 417-433; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.417Caitríona Ní DhúillUniversität Salzburg, FB Germanistik, Erzabt-Klotz-Str.1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
- You have accessRestricted accessTowards a Symptomatology of Globalization and its Discontents [Für eine Symptomatologie des Unbehagens an der Globalisierung]Latencies of Geoengineering in Reinhard Jirgl’s Nichts von euch auf Erden [Latente Dimensionen des Geoengineering in Reinhard Jirgls Nichts von euch auf Erden]Alexis RadisoglouMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 434-452; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.434Alexis RadisoglouSchool of Modern Languages and Cultures, Durham University, Elvet Riverside, New Elvet, Durham DH1 3JT, United Kingdom
- You have accessRestricted accessPoetry in the Anthropocene 2.0 [Lyrik im Anthropozän 2.0]Marion Poschmann’s Nimbus (2020) [Marion Poschmanns Nimbus (2020)]Daniela DoraMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 453-467; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.453Daniela DoraUniversity of Cambridge, Lady Margaret Rd, Cambridge CB3 0BU, United Kingdom
- You have accessRestricted accessClimate Engineering as the Anthropocene 2.0 [Klimaengineering als Anthropozän 2.0]Three Recent German Ecothrillers [drei deutsche Ökothriller seit 2018]Marko PajevićMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 468-494; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.468Marko PajevićUniversity of Tartu, Institute of Philosophy and Semiotics, Jakobi 2-320, 51005 Tartu, EstoniaUppsala University
Review Article
- You have accessRestricted access“Schreiben [ . . . ] ist ein tieferer Schlaf, also Tod”Writing the 100th Anniversary of Kafka’s DeathRolf J. GoebelMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 495-509; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.495Rolf J. GoebelDepartment of World Languages and Cultures, Morton Hall, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA
Book Reviews
- You have accessRestricted accessLessing divers—Soziale Milieus, Genderformationen, Ethnien und Religionen. Von Dirk Niefanger. Göttingen: Wallstein, 2023. 394 Seiten + 15 Abbildungen. €34,00 gebunden, €33,99 eBook.Carl NiekerkMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 510-512; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.510Carl NiekerkUniversity of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
- You have accessRestricted access„Seit ein Gespräch wir sind”. Friedrich Hölderlin und Heinrich von Kleist im Dialog. Herausgegeben von Anton Philipp Knittel. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2023. 200 Seiten. €30,00 broschiert oder eBook.Eleanor ter HorstMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 512-514; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.512Eleanor ter HorstUniversity of South Alabama
- You have accessRestricted accessThe Gothic Imagination in the Music of Franz Schubert. By Joe Davies. Suffolk, Rochester: Boydell & Brewer, 2024. 196 pages + 3 b/w illustrations + 66 music examples. $110.00 hardcover, $29.95 eBook.Larson PowellMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 514-516; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.514Larson PowellUniversity of Missouri–Kansas City
- You have accessRestricted accessTransatlantische Rivalitäten. Deutsche und amerikanische Einstellungen zu Technik, Kultur und Moderne. Von Frank Trommler. Köln: Böhlau 2024. 216 Seiten + 13 meist farbige Abbildungen. €28,00 gebunden oder eBook.Erhard SchützMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 517-519; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.517Erhard SchützHumboldt–Universität zu Berlin
- You have accessRestricted accessQueer Livability: German Sexual Sciences and Life Writing. By Ina Linge. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2023. 268 pages. $70.00 hardcover, $24.95 paperback, open access eBook.Javier Samper VendrellMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 519-521; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.519Javier Samper VendrellUniversity of Pennsylvania
- You have accessRestricted accessHistorical Turns: Weimar Cinema and the Crisis of Historicism. By Nicholas Baer. Oakland: University of California Press, 2024. 272 pages + 40 b/w illustrations. $95.00 hardcover, $29.95 paperback or eBook.Mary HennessyMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 521-523; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.521Mary HennessyUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
- You have accessRestricted accessUncanny Creatures: Doll Thinking in Modern German Culture. By Christophe Koné. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2024. 184 pages + 58 photographs. $65.00 hardcover, $19.95 paperback or eBook.Melissa SheedyMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 523-526; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.523Melissa SheedyUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
- You have accessRestricted accessTraces of a Jewish Artist: The Lost Life and Work of Rahel Szalit. By Kerry Wallach. University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2024. 312 pages + 79 b/w and 8 color images + 1 map. $39.95 hardcover or eBook.Therese Ahern AugstMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 526-528; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.526Therese Ahern AugstLewis & Clark College
- You have accessRestricted accessGrundlagen einer Theorie der Prosa. Überlegungen zur basalen Selbstreferenzialität der Dichtung nach Roman Jakobson. Von Ralf Simon. Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2022. x + 394 Seiten + 7 s/w + 2 farbige Abbildungen + 5 Tabellen. €109,95 gebunden oder open access eBook.Patrick FlackMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 528-530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.528Patrick FlackUniversity of Fribourg
- You have accessRestricted accessEntangled Emancipation: Women’s Rights in Cold War Germany. By Alexandria N. Ruble. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2023. 258 pages + 12 b/w images. $39.95 paperback or eBook.Melissa ElliotMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 530-532; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.530Melissa ElliotWheaton College–Illinois
- You have accessRestricted accessDDR-Literatur und die Avantgarden. Herausgegeben von Jutta Müller-Tamm und Lukas Nils Regeler. Bielefeld: Aisthesis, 2023. 263 Seiten. €32,00 broschiert oder eBook.; The Creation of an Avant-Garde Brand: Heiner Müller’s Self-Presentation in the German Public Sphere. By Jens Pohlmann. Oxford, Berlin, Brussels, Chennai, Lausanne, New York: Peter Lang, 2023. XII + 198 pages + 3 b/w and 6 colored images. $67.95 paperback or eBook.Hunter BivensMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 532-537; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.532Hunter BivensUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
- You have accessRestricted accessDDR im Museum. Wie Besucher*innen sich Ausstellungen zur ostdeutschen Geschichte aneignen. Von Julian Genten. Bielefeld: transcript, 2023. 336 Seiten. €48,00 broschiert, €47,99 eBook.Jennifer Hansen-GlucklichMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 537-539; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.537Jennifer Hansen-GlucklichUniversity of Mary Washington
- You have accessRestricted accessGender, Literatur und Film. Perspektiven auf die Literaturverfilmungen von Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Von Aleksandra Eliseeva. Bielefeld: transcript, 2024. 442 Seiten. €50,00 broschiert oder eBook.Ian FleishmanMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 539-540; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.539Ian FleishmanUniversity of Pennsylvania
- You have accessRestricted accessTransnational German Film at the End of Neoliberalism: Radical Aesthetics, Radical Politics. Edited by Claudia Breger and Olivia Landry. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2024. 256 pages + 12 b/w illustrations. $120.00 hardcover, $29.95 eBook.Sebastian HeiduschkeMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 540-542; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.540Sebastian HeiduschkeOregon State University
- You have accessRestricted accessEntertaining German Culture: Contemporary Transnational Television and Film. Edited by Stephan Ehrig, Benjamin Schaper, and Elizabeth Ward. New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2023. 304 pages + 44 illustrations. $135.00 hardcover, open access eBook.Robert ShandleyMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 542-544; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.542Robert ShandleyTexas A&M University
- You have accessRestricted accessDas Un:gehörte, un:gehörig Un:erhörte im mehrkulturellen Schreiben. The Un:heard, Unsee:mly Un:heard-of: Writing More Cultures. Herausgegeben von Barbara Siller. Dresden: Thelem Universitätsverlag, 2023. 130 Seiten. €24,80 broschiert.Todd KontjeMonatshefte, October 2025, 117 (3) 544-546; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/m.117.3.544Todd KontjeUniversity of California, San Diego
