Literature: history & criticism

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Leben und Werk des Achim von Arnim

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I first encountered Achim von Arnim's work in the summer semester of 1968 while studying German philology at the University of Hamburg. In an advanced seminar on the theory of Romanticism, I wrote a paper on the story “Der tolle …

Turandot Die persische Märchenerzählung

Edition, Übersetzung, Kommentar

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The story of Turandot is one of the most famous and influential tales from the Islamic Orient. It has been reflected in numerous artistic adaptations as well as in popular tradition.
Contrary to a widely held opinion, Turandot is not a …

Textbuch modernes Persisch

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The Textbook Modern Persian contains thirty selected readings about contemporary Iran from various disciplinary perspectives. Each chapter of the book includes an introduction to the topic, a rating of the complexity of the text, the philological acquisition of lexical fields …