Gottfried Keller, «Die Leute von Seldwyla» Kritische Studien - Critical Essays

"Diligently presented and introduced, and containing an informative select bibliography and index, this interdisciplinary volume includes something of value and interest for a wide range of students and critics, and deserves a place on the shelves of any academic library." (Siobhán Donovan, Modern Language Review)

Die Herausgeber: Emeritus Professor Dr. Hans-Joachim Hahn war Leiter des German Department an der Oxford Brookes University. Sein Forschungsbereich fällt vor allem ins neunzehnte Jahrhundert mit Publikationen zu Novalis, Eichendorff, Heine und Freytag. Er beschäftigt sich insbesondere mit der Ideengeschichte von Hegel bis Nietzsche und mit nationalen Identitäten in Europa. Buchpublikationen: German Thought and Culture (1995), German Education and Society (1998), The 1848 Revolutions in German-Speaking Europe (2001).

Nach langjähriger Tätigkeit in der Wirtschaft kehrte Uwe Seja wieder in die akademische Welt zurück. Er hat gerade seine Doktorarbeit abgeschlossen und arbeitet am Selwyn College an der Universität Cambridge. Sein Forschungsinteresse gilt der Geschichte der Wirtschaftsphilosophie von Adam Smith zu Gustav Schmoller und der Literatur des deutschen Realismus.

The Editors: Dr Hans-Joachim Hahn, Emeritus Professor of German at Oxford Brookes University, has published widely on nineteenth-century German literature, especially on Novalis, Eichendorff, Heine and Freytag. His special research interests are the history of ideas from Hegel to Nietzsche and national identities in Europe. His publications include German Thought and Culture (1995), German Education and Society (1998), The 1848 Revolutions in German-Speaking Europe (2001).

Uwe Seja returned to academia after working as an economist for many years. Currently he is preparing a Ph.D. thesis on ‘Political Economy and its Discontents in German Literary Realism’ at Selwyn College, Cambridge. His main research interests are the history of economic thought from Adam Smith to Gustav Schmoller and German literary realism.