Brill Georg Büchner: Contemporary Perspectives: 89 (Amsterdamer Beiträge zur neueren Germanistik, 89)

This book examines the continuing relevance of Büchner in the early twenty-first century, in terms of politics, science, philosophy, aesthetics, performance and cultural studies, uniquely combining close readings with wide-ranging cultural, theatrical, philosophical and theoretical contextualizations. Der Band beschäftigt sich mit Büchners anhaltender Aktualität in den verschiedensten Bereichen. Er zeichnet sich durch detailliert textbezogene Interpretationen aus, die gleichzeitig zahlreiche aktuelle kultur- und theaterwissenschaftliche, philosophische, naturwissenschaftliche, ästhetische und theoretische Themen ansprechen. Review "The editors of this substantial volume, [...] tend to avoid simplistic labelling and prefer to look at interesting parallels and contrasts. They welcome the former GDR's approach of seeing Büchner as activist rather than artist [...]" - Osman Durrani, University of Kent, UK, in: Modern Language Review, Vol. 113 Part 3 pp. 681-682 About the Author Robert Gillett was educated at Oxford and holds a PhD from Cambridge. He is Reader in German and Comparative Cultural Studies at Queen Mary University of London and has published books on Hubert Fichte, Uwe Johnson, Bertolt Brecht and Queer. Ernest Schonfield, PhD, was educated at Sussex and University College London. He is Lecturer in German at the University of Glasgow. His publications include a monograph on Thomas Mann, an edited volume on Alfred Döblin, and articles on Goethe, Heine, J.P. Hebel and E.S. Özdamar. Daniel Steuer, PhD, is Research Fellow at the School of Humanities (CAPPE, University of Brighton). He has published articles and books on, among others, Goethe, Musil, Bernhard, Adorno, and Wittgenstein, and has strong interests in critical theory and social and political thought.