A wide-ranging collection of essays by leading British, American and German scholars, covering German literature, culture and politics from the Middle Ages to the present day. Based mainly on original research, the individual contributions reveal the rich complexity and vitality of contemporary German studies.

KEITH BULLIVANT Professor of German, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA ROB BURNS Professor of German Studies, University of Warwick, UK BILL DODD Reader in German, University of Birmingham MANFRED DURZAK Professor of Modern German Literature, University of Paderborn, Germany JONATHAN GRIX Research Fellow, Institute of German Studies, University of Birmingham NIGEL HARRIS Senior Lecturer in German, University of Birmingham DAVID HILL Senior Lecturer in German, University of Birmingham CHARLIE JEFFERY Professor of German Politics and Deputy Director, Institute of German Studies, University of Birmingham MARTIN KANE Reader in Modern German Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury JOHN KLAPPER Senior Lecturer in German, University of Birmingham EVA KOLINSKY Professor of Modern German Studies, University of Keele GÜNTER MINNERUP Lecturer in German, University of Birmingham WILLIAM E. PATERSON Professor of Director, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham RICHARD SHEPPARD Titular Professor of German and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford RONALD SPEIRS Professor of German, University of Birmingham MARTIN SWALES Professor of German, University College London BRANDON TAYLOR Professor of History of Art, Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton RUTH WHITTLE Lecturer in German, University of Birmingham