This collection provides a systematic overview of lectures on poetics, investigating the still little-known Anglo-American origins of the genre, as well as its establishment and rise in the German-speaking world. International experts compare central poetological positions, bringing together their reception in both academic and non-academic contexts in order to describe how this genre functions in the literary field.

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G. Hachmann, Louisiana State Uni, Baton Rouge, USA; J. Schöll, Otto-Friedrich-Uni Bamberg; J.a Bohley, Friedrich Schiller Uni Jena.