Writing Switzerland
The work of Peter von Matt, Switzerland’s finest living literary critic, offers a model of humanisticscholarship par excellence. This interdisciplinary collection of essays supplies a criticalbut appreciative engagement with von Matt’s writing, the first volume devoted specifically to probing the legacy of his thought.
The work of Peter von Matt, Switzerland’s finest living literary critic, offers a model of humanisticscholarship par excellence. This interdisciplinary collection of essays supplies a criticalbut appreciative engagement with von Matt’s writing, the first volume devoted specifically to probing the legacy of his thought.
| ISBN: | 9781789975536 |
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| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 278 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Herausgeber: | Meilaender, Peter Rindisbacher, Hans |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers |
| Veröffentlicht: | 26.06.2019 |
| Untertitel: | Culture, History, and Politics in the Work of Peter von Matt |
| Schlagworte: | Applegate Celia Culture Evers Gail Gustafson Hans Hart History Matt |
Peter C. Meilaender is Professor of Political Science at Houghton College. The author of Toward a Theory of Migration (2001), his current research focuses on politics and literature, especially German-language literature. He is co-director of the Swiss Studies Network of the German Studies Association and a member of the board of the Austrian Studies Association.Hans J. Rindisbacher is Professor of German Studies at Pomona College. His The Smell of Books: A Cultural-Historical Study of Olfactory Perception in Literature (1992) is a pathbreaking comparative literary study of olfactory representation. He is co-director of the Swiss Studies Network of the German Studies Association.