Der Band setzt die Reihe von Interpretationen großer Werke der Literatur fort, die aus einer Ringvorlesung an der Universität Augsburg hervorgegangen sind. Er versammelt Aufsätze verschiedener Nationalliteraturen und umspannt einen Zeitraum vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart. Enthalten sind Beiträge zu Dietmar von Aist (Minnelieder), Terracina (Discorsi sopra le prime stanze de' canti d'Orlando furioso), Thoreau (Walden or Life in the Woods), Fontane (Cécile; Irrungen, Wirrungen; Stine), Céline (Voyage au bout de la nuit), Schwitters (Ursonate), Hesse (Das Glasperlenspiel), Thomas Mann (Doktor Faustus), Miller (Death of a Salesman), Bachmann (Enigma), Luik (Der siebte Friedensfrühling), Walcott (Omeros), Herrndorf (Tschick) und Hummel (Motherland).

The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the new English literatures, as well as on general and comparative literary studies, including aspects of cultural and literary theory.

The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the new English literatures, as well as on general and comparative literary studies, including aspects of cultural and literary theory.

The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the new English literatures, as well as on general and comparative literary studies, including aspects of cultural and literary theory.

The Anglia Book Series (ANGB) offers a selection of high quality work on all areas and aspects of English philology. It publishes book-length studies and essay collections on English language and linguistics, on English and American literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, on the new English literatures, as well as on general and comparative literary studies, including aspects of cultural and literary theory.