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Bestiarium
The human-animal relationship has always been characterized by a wide net of interactions and exchanges. By providing an overview of the concept of animality – and of the several meanings attached to it – this book aims at rethinking the real nature of this notion, towards a new definition of both the human and the animal. The authors highlight the need to overcome the traditional tendency to read the animal merely as a symbol, a metaphor or an allegory, whose only purpose is that of representing and negotiating human power relations of race, class, and gender. Within this context, the edited collection Bestiarium intends to contribute to the present debate on Animal Studies, by focusing on literary texts and discursive practices, which reveal the epistemological and cultural dynamics that structure the very representation of the animal.
2019/2020
Das Musil-Forum, Publikationsorgan der Internationalen Robert-Musil-Gesellschaft, ist eine interdisziplinäre Plattform für die Erforschung der Literatur der klassischen Moderne (ca. 1890–1945), der österreichischen Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts und insbesondere des Werks von Robert Musil (1880–1942). Band 36 hat den Themenschwerpunkt „Literatur und Polemik in der klassischen Moderne: Robert Musil und Zeitgenossen". Robert Musil war, wie Elias Canetti schrieb, „immer zu Abwehr und Angriff gerüstet". Der Band analysiert – anhand seiner Essays, Buchbesprechungen, Theaterkritiken wie auch literarischen Texte – die polemischen Aspekte von Musils Schreiben. Das Polemische an ihnen erweist sich als abhängig von den jeweiligen Textsorten und Publikationsmedien, von literarischen Traditionen, wissenschaftlichen Diskursen und politischen Kontexten. Stets ist es aber begleitet von Skepsis gegenüber der Polemik. Einige Beiträge widmen sich Karl Kraus und der komplexen Beziehung, die Musil mit diesem verband. Ein umfangreicher Rezensionsteil befasst sich mit neuen Publikationen zu Musil und zur Literatur der klassischen Moderne.
Mit dem Tod tanzen
Wenn es eine Tätigkeit gibt, die in besonderem Maße Leben und Lebendigkeit symbolisiert, so ist es der Tanz. Was aber, wenn es nicht die Lebenden sind, die tanzen, sondern die Toten? Das Motiv des Totentanzes kann auf eine jahrhundertelange Tradition zurückblicken. Seit dem ausgehenden Mittelalter nahm man sich der zum Leben erweckten Toten, die die wahrhaft Lebenden unabhängig von Alter, Geschlecht und Stand heimsuchen, durch alle Epochen hindurch an. Entstanden sind Darstellungen des Todes in Form lebendiger Skelette, die sich unter die Menschen mischen und diese zwingen, ihnen in den Tod zu folgen – mal stehen sie still in deren Rücken, mal zerren sie an ihnen oder fallen zu Pferde...
2021/2022
The Musil-Forum has been the publication of the International Robert Musil Society since its foundation. The volumes focus on the life and work of Robert Musil (1880-1942), on 20th century Austrian literature, and on the literature of classical modernism (approx. 1895-1933).
Modernism in Trieste
When we think about the process of European unification, our conversations inevitably ponder questions of economic cooperation and international politics. Salvatore Pappalardo offers a new and engaging perspective, arguing that the idea of European unity is also the product of a modern literary imagination. This book examines the idea of Europe in the modernist literature of primarily Robert Musil, Italo Svevo, and James Joyce (but also of Theodor Däubler and Srecko Kosovel), all authors who had a deep connection with the port city of Trieste. Writing after World War I, when the contested city joined Italy, these authors resisted the easy nostalgia of the postwar period, radically reimagini...
Stylistics, Stylometry and Sentiment Analysis in German Studies
Can literature be investigated through quantitative methods? Can style, empathy, and prestige be measured? This study attempts to respond to these questions by providing results from a selection of case studies taken from German literature of the 19th through the 21st century, including Goethe’s “late style”, Felix Salten, and the output of contemporary writers such as Florian Meimberg’s “twitterature” and Daniel Glattauer’s e-mail novel. Altogether, this study shows how the interplay among literary theory, stylometry, stylistics, sentiment analysis, empirical studies, and archival research can offer new answers to old questions regarding German literature and provide tools to formulate new questions and novel approaches to research.
Italians to America: Passengers arriving at New York, October 1901-March 1902
Italians to America provides both genealogists and researchers of family history with the first extensive, indexed source of Italian surname immigrants. This entire project was planned to span the years 1850 through 1893, but now the series has been extended. The series reproduces information from the original passenger lists filed by all vessels entering U.S. ports from abroad. Ships that departed from Italian ports or carried passengers who declared themselves to be of Italian origin are included, with first and last names, age, sex, occupation, and province and village of origin (whenever available) provided for each emigrant. A complete index of names is included at the end of every volume. Italians to America may be ordered by individual volume. Standing orders, which receive a 10% discount, are also welcomed.
Modernism in Trieste
When we think about the process of European unification, our conversations inevitably ponder questions of economic cooperation and international politics. Salvatore Pappalardo offers a new and engaging perspective, arguing that the idea of European unity is also the product of a modern literary imagination. This book examines the idea of Europe in the modernist literature of primarily Robert Musil, Italo Svevo, and James Joyce (but also of Theodor Däubler and Srecko Kosovel), all authors who had a deep connection with the port city of Trieste. Writing after World War I, when the contested city joined Italy, these authors resisted the easy nostalgia of the postwar period, radically reimagini...
