लेखक: Todd Herzog

After 1945, Jewish writing in German was almost unimaginable—and then only in reference to the Shoah. Only in the 1980s, after a period of mourning, silence, and processing of the trauma, did a new J …

Although George Bernard Shaw quipped that ‘the Germans lack talent for two things: revolution and crime novels, ‘ there is a long tradition of German crime fiction; it simply hasn’t aligned itself wi …

New essays by leading scholars examining today’s vibrant and innovative German crime fiction, along with its historical background. Although George Bernard Shaw quipped that ‘the Germans lack talent …

The Weimar Republic (1918–1933) was a crucial moment not only in German history but also in the history of both crime fiction and criminal science. This study approaches the period from a unique pers …

Since the 1990s, the short story has re-emerged in the German-speaking world as a vibrant literary genre, serving as a medium for both literary experimentation and popular forms. Authors like Judith …

Offers readings of key contemporary trends and themes in the vibrant genre of short-story writing in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, with attention to major practitioners and translations of two r …

Insightful essays on the striking resemblances between the Viennese literary/cultural scene in 1900 and 100 years later. This book of new essays by widely-published scholars from the United States, G …

Re-examines notions of East and West in contemporary European cinema Twenty-five years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of communism in Eastern Europe, and ten years have pas …