Description: Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century.
Brief description: SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor of German in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Missouri.
Review Quotes: [E]xcellent coverage of the part played by mountaineering and its representations in the recuperation of German self-esteem post-1918, and into the evolution of the Bergfilm after 1945. . . . What makes mountain space so interesting from the point of view of the imagination -- one of many insights available here -- are the ways in which time can be figured in it . . . . [A] collection whose historical depth and breadth of reference make it a resource for scholars of the spatial imagination.-- "FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES"