'Mediaevistik': New review of "Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature"
We are pleased to announce that "Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature" edited by Edited by Heiko Wiggers and Tina Boyer has been reviewed by Classen Albrecht and published in the Mediaevistik,' Volume 37, Number 1, 2024, pp. 149-151(3):
[...] The present volume, competently edited by Tina Boyer and Heiko Wiggers, grew out of sessions at the MLA annual conferences and combines a range of philological topics some of which pertain to the Middle Ages, others fall beyond that chronological divide and can only be touched upon here.
[Exract from book review on 'Mediaevistik,' Volume 37, Number 1, 2024, pp. 149-151(3). Reviewer: Classen Albrecht. https://doi.org/10.3726/med.2024.01.26]
Find out more about the book and order your copy here: Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature
'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' offers new, compelling, and thought-provoking contributions to the field of Germanic Linguistics. Nine authors from three different continents (North America, Europe, and South America) present in this edited volume their latest research on such diverse topics as Old High German, Old Saxon and Early New High German poetry, Yiddish, German Heritage speakers in the U.S., Germanic language periodization, paleography, and gender issues in Modern Standard German.
'Germanic Philology: Perspectives in Linguistics and Literature' strives to rekindle dialogue and discourse about topics in Germanic Linguistics while at the same time providing innovative and interesting talking points to the discipline in an international, trans-Atlantic framework.
The articles featured in this volume will appeal to students and instructors of Germanic Linguistics alike as well as to anyone interested in this subject.
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