With its new sub-title Romance Literatures of the World, the book series Mimesis presents an innovative and integral understanding of the Romance world and Romance Studies from the perspective of literary studies and cultural theory. It takes account of the fact that the fascinating development of Romance literatures and cultures both in Europe and beyond has set worldwide dynamics in motion which continue the great traditions of the Romance world and open up new horizons for them. Mimesis works from a transareal understanding of Romance Studies which integrates Romance literatures and cultures both within and outside Europe and which transcends the national and disciplinary boundaries which often conceal the interactions between different traditions and developments in Europe and the Americas, in Africa and Asia. In the archipelago of Romance Studies, Mimesis reveals how the representation of reality in the Romance literatures of the world opens the door to a multilingual cosmos of diverse logics.   

With its new sub-title Romance Literatures of the World, the book series Mimesis presents an innovative and integral understanding of the Romance world and Romance Studies from the perspective of literary studies and cultural theory. It takes account of the fact that the fascinating development of Romance literatures and cultures both in Europe and beyond has set worldwide dynamics in motion which continue the great traditions of the Romance world and open up new horizons for them. Mimesis works from a transareal understanding of Romance Studies which integrates Romance literatures and cultures both within and outside Europe and which transcends the national and disciplinary boundaries which often conceal the interactions between different traditions and developments in Europe and the Americas, in Africa and Asia. In the archipelago of Romance Studies, Mimesis reveals how the representation of reality in the Romance literatures of the world opens the door to a multilingual cosmos of diverse logics.

Das „Handbuch Französisch“ ist ein Novum in der deutschen Romanistik und Frankreichforschung. Erstmals werden die Gegenstandsbereiche der Sprach-, Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaften, die sich auf die französischsprachigen Länder und Regionen der Erde beziehen, in umfassender, enzyklopädischer Weise beschrieben. Unter Mitarbeit von 127 Fachspezialisten wird in 134 Artikeln der Kenntnisstand abgebildet, der gegenwärtig in den jeweils zuständigen Einzelwissenschaften erreicht worden ist. Das Handbuch wurde in 2. Auflage an zahlreichen Stellen präzisiert und ergänzt. Die bibliographischen Angaben und das Verzeichnis der Hilfsmittel wurden aktualisiert.