In recent decades, life writing has exploded in popularity: memoirs that focus on traumatic experiences now constitute the largest growth sector in book publishing worldwide. But life writing is not only highly marketable; it also does important emotional, cultural, and politica…
The 1990 reunification of Germany gave rise to a new generation of writers who write in German, identify as both German and Jewish, and often also sustain cultural affiliations with places such as Russia, Azerbaijan, or Israel. This edited volume traces the development of this n…
The 1990 reunification of Germany gave rise to a new generation of writers who write in German, identify as both German and Jewish, and often also sustain cultural affiliations with places such as Russia, Azerbaijan, or Israel. This edited volume traces the development of this n…
"Revered by Bertolt Brecht and Max Frisch as one of Switzerland's most commanding writers, Ludwig Hohl spent most of his waking hours with a pen in hand, collecting quotes from others and recording ruminations of his own. Composed between 1934 and 1936 during his residence in th…
"Accounts of travel to England reached unprecedented heights of popularity in the German states in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Travel writers competed to produce travelogues which offered the most authentic, original and vibrant picture of England. The wi…
"Accounts of travel to England reached unprecedented heights of popularity in the German states in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Travel writers competed to produce travelogues which offered the most authentic, original and vibrant picture of England. The wi…
"Accounts of travel to England reached unprecedented heights of popularity in the German states in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Travel writers competed to produce travelogues which offered the most authentic, original and vibrant picture of England. The wi…