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Les Bienveillantes (The Kindly Ones), caused a literary sensation in 2006. Described as “deliberately repellent” by The New York Times, Jonathan Littel’s novel tells the story of World War II through the eyes of former SS officer Maximilien Aue. This is the first academic study of this controversial, best-selling work. Twenty-one leading scholars discuss the aesthetics, themes and characters of the novel, as well as formal aspects of Littel’s writing. They tackle ideas surrounding parricide, genocide, ant-Semitism and the Holocaust as well as LIttel’s portrayal of both historical and fictional characters. The collection offers a deeply varied range of approaches to Littel’s work and is essential reading for anyone interested in representations of World War II, the Holocaust and contemporary French literature.

French literature --- French novel --- Les Bienveillantes --- The Kindly Ones --- Maximilien Aue --- Jonathan Littell --- Holocaust --- World War II --- Second World War --- Nazism --- Judaism --- anti-Semitism --- history and fiction

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Princess Marie Adelheid of Lippe-Biesterfeld was a rebellious young writer who became a fervent Nazi. Heinrich Vogeler was a well-regarded artist who was to join the German Communist Party. Ludwig Roselius was a successful businessman who had made a fortune from his invention of decaffeinated coffee. What was it about the revolutionary climate following World War I that induced three such different personalities to collaborate in the production of a slim volume of poetry — entitled Gott in mir — about the indwelling of the divine within the human? Lionel Gossman’s study situates this poem in the ideological context that made the collaboration possible. The study also outlines the subsequent life of the Princess who, until her death in 1993, continued to support and celebrate the ideals and heroes of National Socialism.

Nazism --- National Socialism --- German history --- German literature --- European history --- World War II --- Second World War --- poetry

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge is best known as a great poet and literary theorist, but for a period of his life he held real political power, acting as Public Secretary to the British Civil Commissioner in Malta in 1805. Barry Hough and Howard Davis show how Coleridge’s actions in this role differ markedly from the idealism he had advocated before taking office — shedding new light on Coleridge’s sense of political and legal morality. Meticulously researched and including newly discovered archival materials, Coleridge’s Laws provides detailed analysis of the laws and public notices drafted by Coleridge, together with the first published translations of them.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge --- Malta --- Romantic literature --- legal history --- colonialism --- Maltese history --- British imperial history --- nineteenth century --- Romanticism --- political history --- colonial government

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Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed using devices that are increasingly user-friendly and affordable. However, along with this technological democratization comes a paradoxical flipside: the norms regulating culture's use — copyright and related rights — have become increasingly restrictive. This book brings together essays by academics, librarians, entrepreneurs, activists and policy makers, who were all part of the EU-funded Communia project. Together the authors argue that the Public Domain — that is, the informational works owned by all of us, be that literature, music, the output of scientific research, educational material or public sector information — is fundamental to a healthy society. The essays range from more theoretical papers on the history of copyright and the Public Domain, to practical examples and case studies of recent projects that have engaged with the principles of Open Access and Creative Commons licensing. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the current debate about copyright and the Internet. It opens up discussion and offers practical solutions to the difficult question of the regulation of culture at the digital age.

copyright --- creative commons --- the commons --- communia --- cultural studies --- open culture --- Internet regulation --- licensing --- digital age --- digitization --- copyright law

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Born in 1883 into a distinguished and wealthy aristocratic family of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, Hermynia Zur Mühlen rejected her upbringing to pursue a career as a professional writer. She documents her extraordinary life in this lively and personal memoir, first published in Germany in 1929. This revised and corrected translation — with extensive notes and an essay on the author by Lionel Gossman — will appeal especially to readers interested in women’s history, World War I, and the culture and politics of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

World War I --- First World War --- Great War --- women's history --- memoir --- biography --- autobiography --- Germany --- European History --- German literature --- Austrian literature --- feminism --- Nazism --- Austro-Hungarian Empire