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andererseits provides a forum for research, commentary, and creative work on topics related to the German-speaking world and the field of German Studies. Works presented in the publication come from a wide variety of genres including book reviews, poetry, essays, editorials, forum discussions, academic notes, lectures, and traditional peer-reviewed academic articles. In addition, we welcome contributions by journalists, librarians, archivists, and other commentators interested in German Studies broadly conceived. By publishing such a diverse array of material, we hope to demonstrate the extraordinary value of the humanities in general, and German Studies in particular, on a variety of intellectual and cultural levels. This issue features contributions by Leo A. Lensing, Norman M. Klein, Jens M. Gurr, and Julia Faisst.

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German. --- Culture. --- German Culture. --- German Literature. --- Humanities. --- Interculturalism. --- Language. --- Literary Studies. --- Literature. --- Media Studies. --- Urban Studies.

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andererseits is a collaborative project undertaken by students and faculties of universities in the USA (Duke and the University of Notre Dame), in Luxembourg (University of Luxembourg), and in Germany (University of Duisburg-Essen). It provides a forum for research and reflection on topics related to the German-speaking world and the field of German Studies. Works presented in the publication come from a wide variety of genres including book reviews, poetry, essays, editorials, forum discussions, academic notes, lectures, as well as traditional peer-reviewed academic articles. By publishing such a diverse array of material, we hope to demonstrate the extraordinary value of the humanities in general, and German Studies in particular, on a variety of intellectual and cultural levels.This edition features special sections on the writers Reinhard Jirgl and Barbara Honigmann as well as - for example - essays on Beethoven's 'Heroic New Path', 'Antisemitism in Germany (1890-1933)', the reception of German literature in Great Britain, and a study of post-Wall East German melodrama.

LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German. --- Culture. --- German Culture. --- German Film. --- German Literature. --- Humanities. --- Interculturalism. --- Language. --- Literary Studies. --- Media Studies.

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While Bertold Brecht became identified internationally as the cultural figurehead of the GDR, his relationship with the authorities was always complex. This book examines his activities in the GDR and the regime's marginalizing response and posthumous appropriation of his legacy.

Literature and society --- Politics and literature --- Brecht, Bertolt, --- Brecht, Bertolt. --- Deutschland (DDR). --- Germany (East) --- History. --- Brecht, Berthold Friedrich --- Brecht, Bertholt --- Brecht, Bert --- Brecht, Eugen Berthold Friedrich --- LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German. --- Berliner Ensemble. --- Bertolt Brecht. --- Brecht Studies. --- Brecht's Activities. --- Brecht's Legacy. --- Creative Responses. --- Cultural Figurehead. --- Cultural Paradigm Shifts. --- East Berlin. --- East German Culture. --- GDR's Demise. --- GDR. --- New Critics. --- Socialist Classic. --- Socialist State. --- Socialism and literature --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Political and social views.