2012 erlebte die Welt einen spektakulären Medienhype um einen angeblich im Maya-Kalender vorausgesagten Weltuntergang. Was ist in den Maya-Hieroglypheninschriften diesbezüglich tatsächlich vermerkt? Welchen historischen ...

Fear in its many facets appears to constitute an intriguing and compelling subject matter for writers and screenwriters alike. The contributions address fictional representations and explorations of fear in different genres ...

Was haben Dialogeröffnungen, Sonette und die Interaktionsstile unterschiedlichster kultureller und sozialer Gruppen gemeinsam? Das verbindende Element ist die Traditionalität des Sprechens – alle Sprecher folgen kulturellen ...

Die polemischen Dialoge des deutschen Reichsritters und poeta laureatus Ulrich von Hutten (1488 – 1523) konnten in den reformatorischen Diskursen zwischen 1517 und 1521 eine große Wirkung entfalten, die an ihrer Verbreitung ...

Browsing through books and TV channels we find people pre-occupied with eating, cooking and competing with chefs. Eating and food in today’s media have become a form of entertainment and art. A survey of literary history ...

Childhood in neo-Victorian fiction for both child and adult readers is an extremely multifaceted and fascinating field. This book argues that neo-Victorian fiction projects multiple, competing visions of childhood and ...

Cultural and intellectual dynamism often stand in close relationship to the expression of viewpoints and positions that are in tension or even conflict with one another. This phenomenon has a particular relevance for Early ...