Challenge of German Culture

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, USAROB BURNS Professor of German Studies, University of Warwick, UKBILL DODD Reader in German, University of BirminghamMANFRED DURZAK Professor of Modern German Literature, University of Paderborn, GermanyJONATHAN GRIX Research Fellow, Institute of German Studies, University of BirminghamNIGEL HARRIS Senior Lecturer in German, University of BirminghamDAVID HILL Senior Lecturer in German, University of BirminghamCHARLIE JEFFERY Professor of German Politics and Deputy Director, Institute of German Studies, University of BirminghamMARTIN KANE Reader in Modern German Studies, University of Kent, Canterbury JOHN KLAPPER Senior Lecturer in German, University of BirminghamEVA KOLINSKY Professor of Modern German Studies, University of KeeleGÜNTER MINNERUP Lecturer in German, University of Birmingham WILLIAM E. PATERSON Professor of Director, Institute for German Studies, University of BirminghamRICHARD SHEPPARD Titular Professor of German and Fellow of Magdalen College, OxfordRONALD SPEIRS Professor of German, University of BirminghamMARTIN SWALES Professor of German, University College LondonBRANDON TAYLOR Professor of History of Art, Winchester School of Art, University of SouthamptonRUTH WHITTLE Lecturer in German, University of Birmingham