Die Wuste: Terra incognita - Erlebnis - Symbol: Eine Genealogie der abendlandischen Wustenvorstellungen in der Literatur von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart.(Review) From: The Modern Language Review | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: Ziolkowski, Theodore | COPYRIGHT 2001 Modern Humanities Research Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Die Wuste. Terra incognita--Erlebnis--Symbol. Eine Genealogie der abendlandischen Wustenvorstellungen in der Literatur von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. By UWE LINDEMANN. (Beitrage zur neueren Literaturgeschichte: Folge 3. Bd. 175) Heidelberg: Winter. 2000. 450 pp. DM 98.

Announcing his intention to lay the foundation for a future 'Geschichte der Wuste' (p. 15), Uwe Lindemann offers a detailed outline of significant aspects of 'desert' and 'wilderness' (the German Wuste enc...

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