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In Memoriam: Robert Dassanowsky Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: In MemoriamRobert Dassanowsky From the Editors: In October 2023, the Austrian Studies Association lost one of its most beloved and influential members, Robert Dassanowsky. Robert’s contributions to the Association and to the field of Austrian Studies were legion. To honor his memory we offer here a few brief tributes, first from ASA President
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Vom "Flugtraum" zum "Luftmord": Der österreichische Luftdiskurs im Kontext des Ersten Weltkrieges Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Monika Szczepaniak
Abstract: This article looks at the literary and visual legacies of the development of weapons technologies and the prospect of aerial warfare in the early twentieth century, analyzing the literary and iconographic discourse on air warfare in the context of the First World War, as a development from “flight dream” to “air murder.” Even if Austria-Hungary represented a “remote province of international
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"Wouldn't It Be Smarter to Let the Malay Colonize Europe?": Postcolonial Critique, Antiglobalism, and Racism in the Travel Books of the Bohemian- German Author Richard Katz (1888–1968) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Jeroen Dewulf
Abstract: The travel books of the Bohemian-German author Richard Katz (1888–1968) were once among the most popular publications in German literature but have since been forgotten. This essay intends to reread, from a postcolonial perspective, Katz’s work from the interwar period. It focuses on his book about the Dutch East Indies, today’s Indonesia, Heitere Tage mit braunen Menschen (1930), in order
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Neocolonial Echoes in the Heart of Darkness: Peter Kubelka, Ulrich Seidl, and the Distrust of Sound Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Arne Koch
Abstract: The fascination with gaining insight into the motivation of European participants for the private and secretive world of hunting safaris in Africa informs both the avant-garde short film Unsere Afrikareise (1966) by Peter Kubelka and the more recent documentary Safari (2016) by . Both films provoke audiences with an interpretive openness that nonetheless must be understood as unveiled critiques
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Assimilation as Abjection in Franz Kafka's "Ein Bericht für eine Akademie" Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Christian Schuetz
Abstract: In detailing the cultural techniques required for his behavioral transition from ape to human following capture, Franz Kafka’s Rotpeter addresses not just physical but also cultural differences between apes and humans. The report can be interpreted as a satirical allegory of Jewish assimilation, a commentary that echoes Jay Geller’s notion of the “hierarchical differentiations that characterize
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Von November bis März (ABSTECHEN): A Prose Poem by Angelika Reitzer and an Interview with the Author Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 JAS Editors, Angelika Reitzer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Von November bis März (ABSTECHEN)A Prose Poem by Angelika Reitzer and an Interview with the Author JAS Editors and Angelika Reitzer Introduction Angelika Reitzer is a contemporary Austrian writer and playwright who is making her mark on the international literary landscape. She was born in Graz in 1971 and subsequently studied literature
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Empty Signs, Historical Imaginaries: The Entangled Nationalization of Names and Naming in a Late Habsburg Borderland by Ágoston Berecz (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Andrew Behrendt
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Empty Signs, Historical Imaginaries: The Entangled Nationalization of Names and Naming in a Late Habsburg Borderland by Ágoston Berecz Andrew Behrendt Ágoston Berecz, Empty Signs, Historical Imaginaries: The Entangled Nationalization of Names and Naming in a Late Habsburg Borderland. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2020
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Czernowitz und die Bukowina in frühen Dokumenten und Reiseberichten: Vom Werden eines habsburgischen Kronlandes (1775–1875) by Ion Lihaciu (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Joseph W. Moser
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Czernowitz und die Bukowina in frühen Dokumenten und Reiseberichten: Vom Werden eines habsburgischen Kronlandes (1775–1875) by Ion Lihaciu Joseph W. Moser Ion Lihaciu, Czernowitz und die Bukowina in frühen Dokumenten und Reiseberichten: Vom Werden eines habsburgischen Kronlandes (1775–1875). Bukowinastudien IV. Kaiserslautern
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Misfire: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Winding Road to World War I by Paul Miller-Melamed (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Eric Grube
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Misfire: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Winding Road to World War I by Paul Miller-Melamed Eric Grube Paul Miller-Melamed, Misfire: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Winding Road to World War I. New York: Oxford UP, 2022. 280 pp. Paul Miller-Melamed’s Misfire: The Sarajevo Assassination and the Winding Road to World War
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TraumLeben: Traumpoetiken der Wiener Moderne by Irma Duraković (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Vincent Kling
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: TraumLeben: Traumpoetiken der Wiener Moderne by Irma Duraković Vincent Kling Irma Duraković, TraumLeben: Traumpoetiken der Wiener Moderne. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2023. 236 pp. The title of Irma Duraković‘s TraumLeben may mislead, because it seems to promise a full range of discussion about Traumpoetiken around 1900
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Die Macht der Kunstkritik: Ludwig Hevesi und die Wiener Moderne by Ilona Sármány-Parsons (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Patrick Werkner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Die Macht der Kunstkritik: Ludwig Hevesi und die Wiener Moderne by Ilona Sármány-Parsons Patrick Werkner Ilona Sármány-Parsons, Die Macht der Kunstkritik: Ludwig Hevesi und die Wiener Moderne. Vienna: Böhlau, 2022. 488 pp. Ilona Sármány-Parsons is a Hungarian-born art historian who taught for many years at the Central European
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Investigating Franz Kafka's "Der Bau": Towards an Understanding of His Late Narrative in a Jewish Context by Andrea Newsom Ebarb (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Pamela S. Saur
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Investigating Franz Kafka’s “Der Bau”: Towards an Understanding of His Late Narrative in a Jewish Context by Andrea Newsom Ebarb Pamela S. Saur Andrea Newsom Ebarb, Investigating Franz Kafka’s “Der Bau”: Towards an Understanding of His Late Narrative in a Jewish Context. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2023. 266 pp. Franz Kafka’s unfinished
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Kafkas Zeiten ed. by Alexander Kling and Johannes F. Lehmann (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Ruth V. Gross
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Kafkas Zeiten ed. by Alexander Kling and Johannes F. Lehmann Ruth V. Gross Alexander Kling and Johannes F. Lehmann, eds., Kafkas Zeiten. Forschungen der Deutschen Kafka-Gesellschaft 7. Edited by Agnes Bidmon und Harald Neumeyer. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2023. 378 pp. The edited volume Kafkas Zeiten, a compilation
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Stefan Zweig und Jakob Wassermann: Eine Lebensbekanntschaft im Licht ihrer Korrespondenz (1908–1933) by Marlen Eckl and Jeffrey B. Berlin (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Birger Vanwesenbeeck
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Stefan Zweig und Jakob Wassermann: Eine Lebensbekanntschaft im Licht ihrer Korrespondenz (1908–1933) by Marlen Eckl and Jeffrey B. Berlin Birger Vanwesenbeeck Marlen Eckl and Jeffrey B. Berlin, Stefan Zweig und Jakob Wassermann: Eine Lebensbekanntschaft im Licht ihrer Korrespondenz (1908–1933). Schriftenreihe des Stefan Zweig
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Hermann Broch und die österreichische Moderne. Literatur, Kunst und Wissenschaftsphilosophie Hrsg., Paul Michael Lützeler und Thomas Borgard (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Martin A. Hainz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hermann Broch und die österreichische Moderne. Literatur, Kunst und Wissenschaftsphilosophie Hrsg., Paul Michael Lützeler und Thomas Borgard Martin A. Hainz Paul Michael Lützeler und Thomas Borgard, Hrsg., Hermann Broch und die österreichische Moderne. Literatur, Kunst und Wissenschaftsphilosophie. Paderborn: Brill Fink, 2023
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Stefan Zweig. Zwiesprache des Ich mit der Welt hrsg. Eva Plank (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Walter Tschacher
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Stefan Zweig. Zwiesprache des Ich mit der Welt hrsg. Eva Plank Walter Tschacher Eva Plank, Hrsg., Stefan Zweig. Zwiesprache des Ich mit der Welt. Schriften zu jüdischer Literatur, Kunst, Musik und Politik. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann, 2023. 575 S. Der vorliegende Band enthält 170 Texte von Stefan Zweig, die vor allem
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Die Zerstörung der Demokratie: Österreich März 1933 bis Februar 1934 ed. by Bernhard Hachleitner et al (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Vincent Kling
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Die Zerstörung der Demokratie: Österreich März 1933 bis Februar 1934 ed. by Bernhard Hachleitner et al Vincent Kling Bernhard Hachleitner, Alfred Pfoser, Katharina Prager, and Werner Michael Schwarz, eds., Die Zerstörung der Demokratie: Österreich März 1933 bis Februar 1934. Wienbibliothek im Rathaus and Wien Museum. Vienna:
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Passages: Crossings, Borders, Openings: In Conversation with Austrian Writers: The Austrian-American Podium Dialog ed. by Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger and Gabriele Petricek (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Aaron Carpenter
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Passages: Crossings, Borders, Openings: In Conversation with Austrian Writers: The Austrian-American Podium Dialog ed. by Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger and Gabriele Petricek Aaron Carpenter Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger and Gabriele Petricek, eds., Passages: Crossings, Borders, Openings: In Conversation with Austrian Writers:
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The Austrian Riveter: Writing from Austria ed. by Rosie Goldsmith et al (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Vincent Kling
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Austrian Riveter: Writing from Austria ed. by Rosie Goldsmith et al Vincent Kling Rosie Goldsmith et al., eds. The Austrian Riveter: Writing from Austria. Riveter Eleventh Edition, April 2023. 232 pp. Education guides learners from the unknown to the known, an axiom teachers can forget for lack of challenging exercise
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Sigurd Paul Scheichl: Literatur in Österreich und Südtirol. Ein Panorama in 30 Aufsätzen ed. by Michael Pilz and Dirk Rose (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Raymond L. Burt
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Sigurd Paul Scheichl: Literatur in Österreich und Südtirol. Ein Panorama in 30 Aufsätzen ed. by Michael Pilz and Dirk Rose Raymond L. Burt Michael Pilz and Dirk Rose, eds., Sigurd Paul Scheichl: Literatur in Österreich und Südtirol. Ein Panorama in 30 Aufsätzen. Innsbruck: Innsbruck UP, 2022. 497 pp. Esteemed literary scholars
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Introduction: Interdisciplinarity and Diversity in Austrian Studies Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Tim Corbett
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: IntroductionInterdisciplinarity and Diversity in Austrian Studies Tim Corbett (bio) "An das Lugeck kham ich ongfer / Do tratten Kauffleüt hin und her / All Nation mit ir klaydung / Da wirdt gehört manch sprach und zung / Ich dacht ich wer gen Babl khommen / Wo all sprach ein anfang gnommen / Und hört ein seltzams dräsch und gschray / Von
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Historicizing Invalids in the Early Modern Habsburg Monarchy: A Dis/ability History Approach Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Julia Heinemann
Abstract: In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, European rulers established several new measures to support soldiers with disabilities. The term invalid was introduced to designate the men considered worthy of support. The article investigates the case of the Habsburg Monarchy through the lens of dis/ability history: it historicizes the making of invalids as a process connected to shifting concepts
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Feeling(s) Caught Between the Austrian First Republic and Fascism Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Britta McEwen
Abstract: What if fascism were a feeling first and only later a category of political history? The history of emotions offers scholars of Austria a unique lens with which to assess and explore the Ständestaat period (1933/34–1938) in a way that decenters terminology and instead questions affective economies. This article argues that Austrian para-fascism might better be understood through the emotional
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Springing from the Land of Music: Hollywood's Film Music Between "Austrian" Entertainment and "German" Arts Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Ingeborg Zechner
Abstract: The article investigates how national artistic ideologies of German-ness and Austrian-ness were incorporated in Hollywood film music of the 1930s and 1940s and in the general discourse in the American press. It argues that these stereotypes were indeed important in Hollywood's marketing strategies toward the middlebrow, which emerged as a wealthy branch in America's society at the time. Among
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Literatur und Energie in Joseph Roths Der Rauch verbindet Städte (1926) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Antonia Villinger
Abstract: In his report Der Rauch verbindet Städte, which appeared in the Frankfurter Zeitung in 1926, Joseph Roth described how coal mining affected life, society, and work in the Ruhr Valley. The text demonstrates impressively and in metaphoric terms how the coal trade and its industrial use as a source of energy had a direct influence on everyday life and the economy. This article proceeds from
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Social and Cultural Narratives of Aging Masculinities in Austria Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Nicole Haring, Roberta Maierhofer, Barbara Zach
Abstract: This paper summarizes findings from the Austrian research team of the MascAge Project involving online focus groups with Austrian men aged 65 and over and a case study in literary and cultural studies in the form of an analysis of David Schalko's novel Bad Regina (2021). Both analyses suggest that negotiations of (declining) power are central to understanding cultural and social constructions
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"Yugoslavia Does Not Exist Anymore, but Yugoslavia's Capital Does, and It Is Called Vienna": Revisiting Vienna through the Lens of (Post-)Yugoslav Migration Practices Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Julia Anna Tyll-Schranz
Abstract: Austrian history since the second half of the twentieth century is a history of immigration and thus a history of transregional entanglements. The fact that people from all over the world now live in Austria has changed how events all over the world shape the country's history. This article explores the long history of Vienna as a (post-)Yugoslav city as well as the effect of Yugoslavia's
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On the Dynamics of Kinship in Migration Processes: Some Perspectives from Historical-Anthropological Studies on North Macedonian migrants in Austria Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Darko Leitner-Stojanov, Robert Pichler
Abstract: Based on two case studies of immigrants from North Macedonia to Vienna, this article sheds light on the dynamics of kinship in the migration process with regard to immigration, settlement and post-migration. The authors argue that the embeddedness in close trans-local social networks facilitates the access to accommodation and jobs; it also enables a certain degree of psychosocial well-being
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Life Stories of Children of Black US Occupation Soldiers and Austrian Women Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Philipp Rohrbach
Abstract: This article focuses on a key chapter of contemporary Black Austrian history, namely the life stories of those individuals who were born to Black US soldiers and White Austrian women between 1945 and 1956. It offers a brief overview of the social conditions in which these persons were born, discussing how the mothers met the fathers, the conditions in which the children grew up, and their
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Romani Activism and Postmigration Experiences in Contemporary Austria Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Sabrina Steindl-Kopf, Sanda Üllen
Abstract: Notwithstanding the historical continuity and diversity of Romani migration to Austria, much migration literature discusses Romani migration as a "separate or marginal case," reproducing the image of Roma as the "European Other." As such, Roma are confronted with specific forms of discrimination and marginalization. Despite this, Romani migrants use their post-migration experiences to challenge
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Combating the Hydra: Violence and Resistance in the Habsburg Empire, 1500–1900 by Stephan Steiner (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Samuel Kessler
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Combating the Hydra: Violence and Resistance in the Habsburg Empire, 1500–1900 by Stephan Steiner Samuel Kessler Stephan Steiner, Combating the Hydra: Violence and Resistance in the Habsburg Empire, 1500–1900. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue UP, 2023. 253 pp. Violence is ubiquitous. It takes many forms and is a central part of
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Glanz und Elend der Aufklärung in Wien. Voraussetzungen—Institutionen—Texte by Norbert Christian Wolf (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Wynfrid Kriegleder
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Glanz und Elend der Aufklärung in Wien. Voraussetzungen—Institutionen—Texte by Norbert Christian Wolf Wynfrid Kriegleder Norbert Christian Wolf, Glanz und Elend der Aufklärung in Wien. Voraussetzungen—Institutionen—Texte. Wien: Böhlau 2023. 451 S. Norbert Christian Wolfs Bilanz der literarischen Aufklärung in Wien—in erster
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Die Sprachenvielfalt in der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee (1867–1918) by Tamara Scheer (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Joseph W. Moser
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Die Sprachenvielfalt in der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee (1867–1918) by Tamara Scheer Joseph W. Moser Tamara Scheer, Die Sprachenvielfalt in der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee (1867–1918). Vienna: Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, 2022. 432 pp. From the period of the Ausgleich in 1867 until the end of World War I in 1918
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Hofmannsthal Jahrbuch: Zur europäischen Moderne ed. by Maximilian Bergengruen, Alexander Honold, Gerhard Neumann (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Vincent Kling
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Hofmannsthal Jahrbuch: Zur europäischen Moderne ed. by Maximilian Bergengruen, Alexander Honold, Gerhard Neumann Vincent Kling Maximilian Bergengruen, Alexander Honold, Gerhard Neumann et al., eds., Hofmannsthal Jahrbuch: Zur europäischen Moderne 30. Baden-Baden: Rombach, 2022. The range and scope of many specialized annual
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Klimt Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse ed. by Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam and Belvedere Museum (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Beret Norman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Klimt Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse ed. by Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam and Belvedere Museum Beret Norman Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam and Belvedere Museum, eds., Klimt Inspired by Van Gogh, Rodin, Matisse. Munich: Hirmer, 2022. 240 pp. This substantial and beautiful book and its corresponding exhibition celebrate the three-hundredth
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Das Opfer der Lebendigkeit: Devitalisierung und Melancholie im Erzählwerk Theodor Storms, Thomas Manns und Franz Kafkas by Christian Neumann (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Pamela S. Saur
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Das Opfer der Lebendigkeit: Devitalisierung und Melancholie im Erzählwerk Theodor Storms, Thomas Manns und Franz Kafkas by Christian Neumann Pamela S. Saur Christian Neumann, Das Opfer der Lebendigkeit: Devitalisierung und Melancholie im Erzählwerk Theodor Storms, Thomas Manns und Franz Kafkas. Würzburg: Königshausen und Neumann
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Arthur Schnitzler und die bildende Kunst ed. by Achim Aurnhammer and Dieter Martin (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Raymond L. Burt
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Arthur Schnitzler und die bildende Kunst ed. by Achim Aurnhammer and Dieter Martin Raymond L. Burt Achim Aurnhammer and Dieter Martin, eds., Arthur Schnitzler und die bildende Kunst. Baden-Baden: Ergon Verlag, 2021. 433 pp. In 2010 Achim Aurnhammer and his co-editors released volume 15 in the Klassische Moderne series titled
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Friderike >Zweig<. Weibliche Intellektualität im frühen 20. Jahrhundert by Deborah Holmes und Martina Wörgötter (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Peter Höyng
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Friderike >Zweig<. Weibliche Intellektualität im frühen 20. Jahrhundert by Deborah Holmes und Martina Wörgötter Peter Höyng Deborah Holmes und Martina Wörgötter, Hrsg. Friderike >Zweig<. Weibliche Intellektualität im frühen 20. Jahrhundert. Schriftenreihe des Stefan Zweig Zentrums Salzburg 15. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann
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"Meine geistige Heimat": Stefan Zweig im heutigen Europa ed. by François Genton et al. (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 David L. Smith
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: "Meine geistige Heimat": Stefan Zweig im heutigen Europa ed. by François Genton et al. David L. Smith François Genton, Herta Louise Ott, Matjaž Birk, and Thomas Nicklas, eds., "Meine geistige Heimat": Stefan Zweig im heutigen Europa. Schriftenreihe des Stefan Zweig Zentrum Salzburg 13. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2022
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Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust by Ari Joskowicz (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Natasza Gawlick
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust by Ari Joskowicz Natasza Gawlick Ari Joskowicz, Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2023. 351 pp. In his incisive monograph, Rain of Ash: Roma, Jews, and the Holocaust, published by Princeton UP in 2023, Ari Joskowicz explores the related experiences
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Faschismus? Zur Beliebigkeit eines politischen Begriffs by Anton Pelinka (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Peter Höyng
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Faschismus? Zur Beliebigkeit eines politischen Begriffs by Anton Pelinka Peter Höyng Anton Pelinka, Faschismus? Zur Beliebigkeit eines politischen Begriffs. Wien: Böhlau, 2022. 273 S. Dem renommierten Politikwissenschaftler Anton Pelinka treiben gleich zwei Sorgen um. Als passionierter Bekenner demokratischer Grundwerte, denen
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Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna ed. by Noah Isenberg (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Laura A. Detre
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna ed. by Noah Isenberg Laura A. Detre Noah Isenberg, ed., Billy Wilder on Assignment: Dispatches from Weimar Berlin and Interwar Vienna. Princeton, NJ: Princeton UP, 2021. 212 pp. If one were to list the most prominent American filmmakers of the twentieth
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Jenseits von Soliman: Afrikanische Migration und Communitybuilding in Österreich—Eine Geschichte by Walter Sauer (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Tim Corbett
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Jenseits von Soliman: Afrikanische Migration und Communitybuilding in Österreich—Eine Geschichte by Walter Sauer Tim Corbett Walter Sauer, Jenseits von Soliman: Afrikanische Migration und Communitybuilding in Österreich—Eine Geschichte. Mit einem Beitrag von Vanessa Spanbauer. Innsbruck: Studienverlag, 2022. 272 pp. June 4
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Picturing Austrian Cinema: 99 Films/100 Comments ed. by Katharina Müller and Claus Philipp (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Jakub Gortat
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Picturing Austrian Cinema: 99 Films/100 Comments ed. by Katharina Müller and Claus Philipp Jakub Gortat Katharina Müller and Claus Philipp, eds., Picturing Austrian Cinema: 99 Films/100 Comments. Leipzig: Spector Books, 2022. 250 pp. This book is a game—one hundred writers and journalists from the fields of media, film theory
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From Night to Light: Harmony as Allegory in Die Zauberflöte Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Adrian Baez-Ortega
Abstract: Mozart's final opera, Die Zauberflöte, wields visual and musical metaphor to deliver possibly the most effective allegory of Enlightenment themes ever achieved in Austrian art. Supported by a systematic tonal analysis, this article reviews, integrates and expands upon decades of scholarly research on this opera, with a strict focus on the thematic symbolism of its harmonic elements. By unifying
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Loneliness, Nature, and Technology: Questions of Embodiment in Haushofer's Die Wand and von Steinaecker's Die Verteidigung des Paradieses Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Benjamin Schaper
Abstract: This article re-reads Marlen Haushofer's seminal novel Die Wand (1963) through the lenses of Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzshe, and her 21st-century successor Thomas von Steinaecker. On the basis of Freud's Das Unbehagen in der Kultur (1930) and Nietzsche's notion of homo natura as elaborated in Jenseits von Gut und Böse (1886), the article first interrogates notions of loneliness depicted
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Eberhard Kranzmayer's Deutschtum: On the Austrian Dialectologist's Pan-German Frame of Reference Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Stefan Dollinger
Abstract: The present paper offers a close reading of Eberhard Kranzmayer's texts from 1925 to 1960 in an effort to isolate Kranzmayer's major methodological themes. One such theme is a pan-German (großdeutsch) framework, in which the unity of German with a single standard variety is maintained. It will be shown how Kranzmayer used this assumption, combined with his belief in the cultural dominance
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Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt and Its Discontents Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Martin Schneider
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt and Its Discontents Martin Schneider Late last year I attended the New York production of Tom Stoppard's latest play, Leopoldstadt, at the Longacre Theatre. The play's original run was in London's West End in early 2020 before being interrupted by COVID. It is said that it will be the final play of his storied
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Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria: A Second-Born Son in Renaissance Europe ed. by Sylva Dobalová and Jaroslava Hausenblasová (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Robyn Dora Radway
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria: A Second-Born Son in Renaissance Europe ed. by Sylva Dobalová and Jaroslava Hausenblasová Robyn Dora Radway Sylva Dobalová and Jaroslava Hausenblasová, eds., Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria: A Second-Born Son in Renaissance Europe. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences, 2021. 569 pp. Archduke
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Finding Order in Diversity: Religious Toleration in the Habsburg Empire, 1792–1848 by Scott Berg (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Peter Höyng
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Finding Order in Diversity: Religious Toleration in the Habsburg Empire, 1792–1848 by Scott Berg Peter Höyng Scott Berg, Finding Order in Diversity: Religious Toleration in the Habsburg Empire, 1792–1848. Lafayette, IN: Purdue UP, 2022. 345 pp. Beginning to review Scott Berg's Finding Order in Diversity: Religious Toleration
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Ökonomien der Parodie am Wiener Vorstadttheater: Unterhaltungsdramatik in politischen und sozioökonomischen Krisenzeiten (1813–1830) by Matthias Mansky (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Jeffrey A. Hertel
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Ökonomien der Parodie am Wiener Vorstadttheater: Unterhaltungsdramatik in politischen und sozioökonomischen Krisenzeiten (1813–1830) by Matthias Mansky Jeffrey A. Hertel Matthias Mansky, Ökonomien der Parodie am Wiener Vorstadttheater: Unterhaltungsdramatik in politischen und sozioökonomischen Krisenzeiten (1813–1830). Hannover:
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Metternich, the German Question and the Pursuit of Peace, 1840–1848 by Barbora Pásztorová (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Tim Corbett
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Metternich, the German Question and the Pursuit of Peace, 1840–1848 by Barbora Pásztorová Tim Corbett Barbora Pásztorová, Metternich, the German Question and the Pursuit of Peace, 1840–1848. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022. 184 pp. Prince Metternich, as the opening sentence of Barbora Pásztorová's brief monograph Metternich, the
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Das Ich in Anderer Gestalt: Weiblichkeit und Männlichkeit in Robert Musils Roman Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften by Vladimira Valkova (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Pamela S. Saur
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Das Ich in Anderer Gestalt: Weiblichkeit und Männlichkeit in Robert Musils Roman Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften by Vladimira Valkova Pamela S. Saur Vladimira Valkova, Das Ich in Anderer Gestalt: Weiblichkeit und Männlichkeit in Robert Musils Roman Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2022. 415 pp. In
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Grete Meisel-Hess: The New Woman and the Sexual Crisis by Helga Thorson (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Scott Spector
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Grete Meisel-Hess: The New Woman and the Sexual Crisis by Helga Thorson Scott Spector Helga Thorson, Grete Meisel-Hess: The New Woman and the Sexual Crisis. Women and Gender in German Studies 9. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2022. 278 pp. In terms of the scope and originality of her contribution, Grete Meisel-Hess is a key
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"Glück, das mir verblieb": Ein Erich Wolfgang Korngold-Lesebuch ed. by Heide Stockinger (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Vincent Kling
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: "Glück, das mir verblieb": Ein Erich Wolfgang Korngold-Lesebuch ed. by Heide Stockinger Vincent Kling Heide Stockinger, ed., "Glück, das mir verblieb": Ein Erich Wolfgang Korngold-Lesebuch. Vienna: Böhlau, 2022. 232 pp. Heide Stockinger's edited collection "Glück, das mir verblieb": Ein Erich Wolfgang Korngold-Lesebuch, titled
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H. C. Artmann & Berlin ed. by Sonja Kaar and Marc-Oliver Schuster (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Paul Buchholz
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: H. C. Artmann & Berlin ed. by Sonja Kaar and Marc-Oliver Schuster Paul Buchholz Sonja Kaar and Marc-Oliver Schuster, eds., H. C. Artmann & Berlin. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 2021. 294 pp. Academic literary-critical discourse on H. C. Artmann has tended to be sporadic and eclectic, and one reason for this is that his
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Eine unmögliche Ästhetik. Elfriede Jelinek im literarischen Feld by Uta Degner (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Eine unmögliche Ästhetik. Elfriede Jelinek im literarischen Feld by Uta Degner Margarete Lamb-Faffelberger Uta Degner, Eine unmögliche Ästhetik. Elfriede Jelinek im literarischen Feld. Literaturgeschichte in Studien und Quellen 33. Wien: Böhlau, 2022. 371 S. Die vorliegende Forschungsarbeit—basierend auf Uta Degners Habil
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Körper, Kannibalen, Judenräte, Ästhetiken des Grotesken bei George Tabori und Robert Schindel by Johanna Öttl (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Timothy B. Malchow
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Körper, Kannibalen, Judenräte, Ästhetiken des Grotesken bei George Tabori und Robert Schindel by Johanna Öttl Timothy B. Malchow Johanna Öttl, Körper, Kannibalen, Judenräte, Ästhetiken des Grotesken bei George Tabori und Robert Schindel. Literaturgeschichte in Studien und Quellen 32. Vienna: Böhlau, 2022. 337 pp. This excellent
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The Memoirs of Ceija Stojka, Child Survivor of the Romani Holocaust by Ceija Stojka (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Cynthia A. Klima
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Memoirs of Ceija Stojka, Child Survivor of the Romani Holocaust by Ceija Stojka Cynthia A. Klima Ceija Stojka, The Memoirs of Ceija Stojka, Child Survivor of the Romani Holocaust. Translated by Lorely E. French. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2022. 280 pp. During Spring 2005, an Austrian colleague suggested that the author
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Die hellen Jahre über dem Atlantik: Leben zwischen Deutschland und Amerika by Frank Trommler (review) Journal of Austrian Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Joseph W. Moser
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Die hellen Jahre über dem Atlantik: Leben zwischen Deutschland und Amerika by Frank Trommler Joseph W. Moser Frank Trommler, Die hellen Jahre über dem Atlantik: Leben zwischen Deutschland und Amerika. Cologne: Böhlau, 2022. 384 pp. After 1945, the study of German literature and culture had to redefine itself in the United