Kritik: German Literary Theory and Cultural Studies Series

In Babel's Shadow
Language, Philology, and the Nation in Nineteenth-Century Germany

By Tuska Benes

A comprehensive cultural history of the language sciences in nineteenth-century Germany.

Time’s Visible Surface: Alois Riegl and the Discourse on History and Temporality in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna

Michael Gubser

Expands our understanding of Riegl beyond his role as an art historian to a pivotal figure in cultural theory at large.

The Spell of Italy: Vacation, Magic, and the Attraction of Goethe

Richard Block

A study of the lure of Italy in German culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

After Images: Photography, Archaeology, and Psychoanalysis and the Tradition of Bildung

Eric Downing

Examining literature and cultural theory of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this volume considers connections between photography, archaeology, and psychoanalysis and their effects on conceptions of the self and Bildung.

Disciplining Germany: Youth, Reeducation, and Reconstruction after the Second World War

Jaimey Fisher

A look at how the discussions, debates, and controversies in Germany about youth and reeducation after World War II helped Germans come to terms with their Nazi past, negotiate Allied occupation, and construct postwar German identity.