German writers, from Luther and Goethe to Heine, Brecht, and Gunter Grass, have had a profound influence on the modern world. This Very Short Introduction presents an engrossing tour of the course of German literature from the late Middle Ages to the present, focussing especially on the last 250 yea[...]
The roots of the financial crisis lie in an unbalanced globalization which has failed to match economic with political integration. False models of nationhood, markets, and empires have hindered the development of global governance. This title argues for economic reform if the dire events at the sta[...]
Nicholas Boyle stellt in seiner ebenso brillanten wie knapp gefaßten Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Literatur die wichtigsten Autoren und Werke vom frühen Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart vor. Gleichzeitig zeigt er, wie die Literatur zu allen Zeiten auf politische und soziale, auf religiöse und ph[...]