This volume comprises selected papers from the first two Studientage zum englischen Mittelalter (SEM), held at Potsdam in 1999 and 2000 respectively. The contributions (in English and German) provide a representative cross-section of...

This book is an introduction written for both the scholar and the interested lay reader. It presents a fascinating topic - the medieval dragon - in an accessible and lucid manner that educates, entertains, and enthrals - exactly as...

M. Fludernik: Interfaces of Language: The Case of Irony – W. Wolf: ‚Schutzironie‘ als Akzeptanzstrategie für problematische Diskurse: Zu einer vernachlässigten Nähe erzeugenden Funktion von Ironie – V. Nünning und A. Nünning: Dramatische...