Microsoft Word - Front matter Vol 22.docx Edited by Katherine H. Paul Matthew Bauman Published by the German Graduate Student Association of the University of Cincinnati Volume 23 2016 Focus on German Studies 23 ii   CO-EDITORS Katherine H. Paul Matthew Baumann BOOK REVIEW EDITOR Katherine H. Paul COPY EDITORS Simone Boissonneault, Ellen C. Chew, Mareike Lange, Anna Senuysal, John Shahan BOARD OF FORMER EDITORS David N. Coury, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin – Green Bay Herman J. DeVries, Jr., Ph.D., Calvin College Britta Kallin, Ph.D., Georgia Tech J. Gregory Redding, Ph.D., Wabash College Jeffrey D. Todd, Ph.D., Texas Christian University Michael Rice, Ph.D., Middle Tennessee State University Bärbel Such, Ph.D., Ohio University Tonya Hampton, ABD, University of Cincinnati David Prickett, Ph.D., Universität Potsdam Susanne Lenné Jones, Ph.D., East Carolina University Silke Schade, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio Aine Zimmerman, Ph.D., Hunter College, City University of New York Julia K. Baker, Ph.D., Tennessee Tech University Laura Vas, Ph.D., American International School of Budapest Wolfgang Lückel, Ph.D., Austin College Todd Heidt, Ph.D., Knox College Alexandra Hagen, ABD, Bradley University Marie Buesch, ABD, 1. Staatsexamen, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg Joshua Arnold, ABD, Johannesschule Meppen Wesley Jackson, PhD Vanessa Plumly, PhD, SUNY New Paltz Emily Bauman, ABD, University of Cincinnati Alex Hogue, PhD, Coastal Carolina University Please send correspondence to: fogs.editor@gmail.com or Focus on German Studies University of Cincinnati PO Box 210372 Cincinnati, OH 45221-0372 U.S.A. Focus on German Studies 23 iii   The twenty-third volume of Focus on German Studies was made possible by the continued support of the faculty of the University of Cincinnati Department of German Studies. Department Chair, Professor Todd Herzog and Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Tanja Nusser deserve our sincere gratitude for helping in so many ways to keep Focus in operation. We also thank the many graduate students who volunteered their time to help with this volume. We extend our thanks to all members of our Editorial Board, Board of Reviewers and Board of Graduate Student Reviewers. We reserve the right to make any necessary editing changes without the express written permission of the authors. Acknowledgements Focus on German Studies 23 iv   FROM THE EDITOR vi ARTICLES Sensory Perception and Identity Formation in Hans Fallada's Kleiner Mann-was nun? (1932) BRITTA K. MEREDITH 1 Translations of the Artistic Selfhood in Ver Sacrum, the Seminal Magazine of the Vienna Secession RITA K. LASZLO 16 Learning through Entertainment in the Frauenzimmer Gesprächspiele MONET COLOMB 36 Erinnerung: Die unvergängliche Vergangenheit in der Novelle Schweigeminute von Sigfried Lenz JING GUO 51 BOOK REVIEWS HENNING ALBRECHT Horst Janssen: Ein Leben 67 CHRISTIAN BAILEY Between Yesterday and Tomorrow: German Visions of Euorpe, 1932-1950 69 MONICA BLACK and ERIC KURLANDER Revisiting the "Nazi Occult": Histories, Realities, Legacies 71 Table of Contents Focus on German Studies 23 v   SUSAN H. GILLESPIE The Challenge of Surrealism: The Correspondence of Theordor W. Adorno and Elisabeth Lenk 73 RACHEL J. HALVERSON and CAROL ANNE COSTABILE_HEMING, editors Taking Stock of German Studies in the United States 76 ROB McFARLAND Red Vienna, White Socialism, and the Blues 79 ANDREAS PELIKAN and ALEXANDER PFISTER Broom Service 82 TEX RUBINOWITZ Die Fliegen 85 QUINNA SHEN The Politics of Magic: DEFA Fairy-Tale Films 87 QUINN SLOBODIAN, editor Comrades of Color: East Germany in the Cold War World 89 HEINZ STRUNK Der goldene Handschuh 93 JENNIFER TEEGE Mein Großvater hätte mich erschossen 95 BRITTA K. WAGNER Berlin Replayed: Cinema and Urban Nostalgia in the Postwall Era 97 Focus on German Studies 23 vi   Focus on German Studies remains a cooperative effor and its tradition continues with the twenty-third volume thanks to the collective effort of the graduate students in the German Studies Department at the University of Cincinnati. I am proud to be part of the Focus tradition and would like to extend my thanks to all the graduate students, without whom this publication would not be possible. It is with their help that we are able to maintain a high-quality standard and a reputation of excellence. I would like to extend special thanks to our previous editor, Alex Hogue, for completing the transition of our journal to the online platform where it currently finds its home, Open Journal Systems. This platform has truly changed the publication process for us and continues to offer readers easy access to the journal's complete history. I would also like to thank our Co-Editor, Matthew Bauman, for his support and guidance throughout the publication process. A heartfelt tahnk you is extended to all of our copy editors and reviewers. Further thanks is due to Todd Herzog for his guidance and insight as this publcation came together. Katherine H. Paul FROM THE EDITOR