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Selbstbildnis

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1782
Published by Manesse, Bibliothek der Weltliteratur, 1960

Rousseaus Self-Portrait: “I Feel All, but See Nothing”

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Teresa Teklić

Rousseau is rarely associated with modesty. He begins his "Confessions" often treated as the first modern autobiography, with the announcement that his work is unparalleled in history and that he himself is unique. However, it would be too easy to reduce this complex and complicated personality to its thoroughly self-confident tones.

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Brigitta und andere Erzählungen

Adalbert Stifter
1843
Published by Manesse, Bibliothek der Weltliteratur, 1967

Brigitta and Other Tales: Kitsch or Force of Nature?

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Christina Schlögl

Stifter polarized despite his romantic-sounding stories. His texts divided the readership. Thomas Mann criticized the old-fashioned, moralizing style, while Friedrich Nietzsche praised his work as a literary icon. What is it about Stifter's texts that some appreciate and others revile?

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Stopfkuchen. Eine See- und Mordgeschichte

Wilhelm Raabe
1891
Published by Manesse, Bibliothek der Weltliteratur, 1948 and 2010

Stopfkuchen: More Than a Whodunit

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Christina Schlögl

The subtitle of Wilhelm Raabe's Stopfkuchen is " a sea- and murder story." But don't expect a shallow whodunit because of that. While the reader is still trying to sort out the complex time and space levels of events, he realizes that the novel has an even deeper level...

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Satyricon

Titus Petronius
Published by Manesse, Bibliothek der Weltliteratur, 2004

Satyricon: An Ancient Picaresque Novel

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Björn Schöpe, translated by Annika Backe

Grotesque, vulgar, obscene – but also learned, sensitive, subtle. There is no other ancient book as full of excesses as the Satyricon of Titus Petronius. The wealth of ideas, humor and linguistic diversity make this portrait of the mores of the Roman imperial era a pleasure to read!

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Die Edda. Götter- und Heldenlieder der Germanen

Published by Manesse, Bibliothek der Weltliteratur, 1987

The Edda: Of Revenge, Honor, Murder and Courage

by
Christina Schlögl

The world of fantasy literature would look very different today if it wasn’t for the medieval Eddas. After all, the two texts were major source of inspiration for J.R.R Tolkien and his successors. The ancient stories of the Eddas take us into the world of Norse mythology; tell of heroes and gods, of dwarves and giants.

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