A brief personal comment: When I think back to my studies in Münster and Tours, the works of Ödön von Horváth immediately spring to mind....

Monnier revolutionises the approach to literature: she is one of the first to introduce public readings.

On October 22, 1797, a spectacular experiment captivated Parisian society: in the elegant Parc Monceau, which had been created just a few...