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‘DAS MÖRDERISCHE GESETZ DES LEBENS’: ABORTION, EUGENICS AND SOCIAL DARWINISM IN DOLOROSA'S UNFRUCHTBARKEIT (1905) AND DIE STARKEN (1907) by Borrmann, Fatima

“…ABSTRACT This article deals with the literary contributions of the overlooked writer Dolorosa (a pseudonym for Maria Eichhorn), examining her work in…”
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DISORIENTING EASTERN EUROPE: JUDITH HERMANN'S AFFECTIVE GEOGRAPHY by Gordinsky, Natasha

“…ABSTRACT This article presents a geocritical interpretation (based on the methodological approach developed by Robert Tally) of two of Judith Hermann's short…”
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THE INFLUENCE OF BRIGITTE REIMANN'S FRANZISKA LINKERHAND ON THE POLITICAL SONGS OF GERHARD GUNDERMANN by Robb, David

“…ABSTRACT Gerhard Gundermann was an East German open cast miner and ‘Liedermacher’ who died prematurely in 1998 at the age of forty‐three. Although he is known…”
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‘LIKE SHEEP TO THE SLAUGHTER’: ANIMAL AGENCY AND ECHOES OF THE HOLOCAUST IN WOLFDIETRICH SCHNURRE'S WRITING by Duffy, Helena

“…ABSTRACT This article examines the writings of Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920–89) through a combined lens of zoocriticism and Holocaust studies. Drawing on Anna…”
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THE CRISIS OF SOCIABILITY AND LAUGHTER IN THOMAS MANN'S DER ZAUBERBERG by Prado, Dante

“…ABSTRACT The article explores the significance of laughter in Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg. While laughter is a prominent feature in the novel, it has not…”
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LOST AT SEA: MARITIME MODERNITY AND THE NEGOTIATION OF IDENTITY IN THEODOR STORM'S ‘HANS UND HEINZ KIRCH’ by Hammarfelt, Linda Karlsson

“…ABSTRACT This article explores the depiction of the sailor and the conflict between bourgeois life and its fluid ‘other’ in Theodor Storm's novella ‘Hans und…”
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AMBIVALENTE LYRISCHE PERSPEKTIVEN AUF DIE INDUSTRIELLE REVOLUTION BY LOUISE OTTO‐PETERS by Huth, Alexandra

“…Louise Otto‐Peters (1819–95) worked as a political activist, women's rights activist, publicist and writer in the turbulent decades before and after the March…”
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ZWEI ‘ACHTUNDVIERZIGER VON ALTEM SCHROT UND KORNʼ SCHREIBEN ÜBER DEN VÖLKERFRÜHLING: LOUISE ASTON, MAX RING UND IHRE DARSTELLUNG DER MÄRZREVOLUTION by Krisch, Marek

“…The following article compares two novels whose plots are set during the March Revolution of 1848. Berlin und Breslau, 1847–49 is the novel debut of Max Ring,…”
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ERTRÄUMTE RÄUME DER FREIHEIT: LUISE MÜHLBACHS PROTAGONISTINNEN ZWISCHEN REALITÄT UND WUNSCHVORSTELLUNG by Popławska, Magdalena

“…ABSTRACT On the basis of selected works by the ‘Vormärz’ writer Luise Mühlbach, this article examines the extent to which the writer's assertions relate to the…”
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LITERARISCHE VISIONEN EMANZIPIERTEN HANDELNS: EMANZIPATIONSPOLITISCHE ZUSAMMENHÄNGE IM WERK LOUISE ASTONS by Michaelis‐König, Andree

“…Louise Aston's work during the 1840s is usually read within the context of the author's life and biography. This paper differs from this reading. Instead, I…”
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ENGAGEMENT IN BRIEFEN: FANNY TARNOWS TEILHABE AN DEN EREIGNISSEN VON 1848/49 ANHAND IHRER KORRESPONDENZ AUS DEN 1830ER UND 1840ER JAHREN by Dampc‐Jarosz, Renata

“…In the time preceding, during, and following the revolution in France, Germany, and other European nations in 1848/49, numerous women writers actively…”
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(UN)EINIG? GENERATIONEN VON SCHRIFTSTELLERINNEN IM DIALOG ÜBER DIE EMANZIPATION VON FRAUEN: HELMINA VON CHÉZY, AMALIA SCHOPPE UND AMALIE STRUVE by Kita‐Huber, Jadwiga

“…In addition to her literary activities, the writer Helmina von Chézy (1783–1856) was committed to the emancipation of women throughout her life. She took a…”
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DAS JUNGE DEUTSCHLAND INTERESSIRT MICH SEHRʼ: ROSA MARIA ASSING UND DER GENERATIONELLE UMBRUCH UM 1830 IM SPIEGEL IHRER BRIEFE UND DIARISTIK AUS DER SAMMLUNG VARNHAGEN by Zarychta, Paweł

“…Rosa Maria Assing, born in 1783, belonged to a generation of female authors whose prominence and influence began to wane around 1830. As hostess of an…”
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‘GRADE, WEIL ICH MICH ALS DEUTSCHEN FÜHLE’: THE PROGRESSIVE PATRIOTISM OF DIE WELTBÜHNE by Arscott, Jack

“…ABSTRACT This article investigates the under‐researched phenomenon of left‐wing patriotism through the prism of the Weimar‐era weekly journal Die Weltbühne…”
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CONSTRUCTION, DEMOLITION, EXTIRPATION? THE PALAST DER REPUBLIK AND THE CONFLICTING DESIRES OF GERMAN UNIFICATION by Hodgin, Nick

“…ABSTRACT Opened in 1976, East Berlin's Palast der Republik stood until its demolition in 2003 among and against the other buildings on Berlin's Museumsinsel…”
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HERESY AND ORTHODOXY: A TEXTUAL VARIANT IN THOMAS MANN'S DOKTOR FAUSTUS by Eagles, Peter

“…ABSTRACT This article draws upon a textual variant in Thomas Mann's novel Doktor Faustus, and proceeds to investigate the issue which it raises: the role of…”
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EVERYDAY UTOPIAS: RE‐NEGOTIATIONS OF BELONGING AND IDENTITY IN TOMER GARDI'S BROKEN GERMAN AND SASHA MARIANNA SALZMANN'S AUßER SICH by Jochens, Vivian

“…ABSTRACT This article explores the concept of utopia in the context of current re‐negotiations of belonging and identity in Germany. Examining Tomer Gardi's…”
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‘KULTURKRIEG’ BEHIND BARBED WIRE: GERMAN THEATRE IN AN AUSTRALIAN FIRST‐WORLD‐WAR INTERNMENT CAMP by Benbow, Heather, Dorrer, Andreas

“…ABSTRACT This article is the first in‐depth study of the ‘Deutsches Theater Liverpool’, probably the most successful non‐English theatre ever on Australian…”
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DOPPELTE BRECHUNGEN: DAS ‘DURCHS‐FERNGLAS‐SCHAUEN’ IN STIFTERS FRÜHEN ERZÄHLUNGEN by Schwenke, Holger

“…ABSTRACT This article explores the extent to which the use of the optical medium of binoculars in Der Condor and Der Hochwald reflects the experience of a…”
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VON DER ‘MACHT, WELT ZU MACHEN’: RADIKALE DEMOKRATIE IN SHARON DODUA OTOOS ADAS RAUM by Daldrup, Alrik

“…ABSTRACT Drawing on Jacques Rancièreʼs radical democratic concept of dissensus, my article centres on the epistemic, affective and verbal forms of resistance…”
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