Gender, Literatur und Film. Perspektiven auf die Literaturverfilmungen von Rainer Werner Fassbinder. By Aleksandra Eliseeva. Bielefeld: transcript, 2024. 442 Seiten. €50,00 broschiert oder eBook. The comparatively restrained topical focus of Aleksandra Eliseeva’s Gender, Literatur und

Grundlagen einer Theorie der Prosa. Überlegungen zur basalen Selbstreferenzialität der Dichtung nach Roman Jakobson. Von Rolf Simon. Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2022. x + 394 Seiten + 7 s/w + 2 farbige Abbildungen + 5 Tabellen. €109,95 gebunden oder open access eBook. Fittingly for a book

<h3>Abstract</h3> This introduction first presents the theme of climate engineering and then outlines the political narrative and history of weather manipulation more specifically. It offers an overview of research on German climate fiction, claiming that within this field the matter of climate engineering has so far received little scholarly attention. It argues that climate engineering could be called “the Anthropocene 2.0,” because it is a strategy to counter the climate catastrophe caused by man-made technologies by means of further technology, driven by economic power and military interests. This immensely dangerous strategy follows from the desperate conviction, or vested interests, that despite the enormous risks involved, there is no alternative for preventing the destruction of the environment necessary for human survival. The introduction closes by surveying the contributions and their relation to the issue as a whole.

Entertaining German Culture: Contemporary Transnational Television and Film. Edited by Stephan Ehrig, Benjamin Schaper, and Elizabeth Ward. New York/Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2023. 304 pages + 44 illustrations. $135.00 hardcover, open access eBook. One of the constants that stands out in

Zeiterfahrung und gesellschaftlicher Umbruch in Fiktionen der Post-DDR-Literatur. Literarische Figurationen von Zeitwahrnehmung im Werk von Lutz Seiler, Julia Schoch und Jenny Erpenbeck. Von Carola Hähnel-Mesnard. Göttingen: V&R unipress, 2022. 293 Seiten. €45,00 gebunden oder eBook.

In fall of 2024, the Monatshefte editorial team reached out to fellow editors and book review editors at German studies journals publishing multiple times yearly with broad (or open) topic scopes. We hope the answers below provide transparency and insight into the challenges and causes for optimism

Spuren lesen und Zeichen deuten. 11 Versuche zum Kriminalroman. Von Thomas W. Kniesche. Heidelberg: Winter, 2023. 294 Seiten. €48,00 gebunden oder eBook. Thomas Kniesche has become known among scholars of German-language crime fiction for his contributions to the genre over the last decade