Goethe in Context is out now with Cambridge University Press. In thirty-seven short essays, leading international scholars explore Goethe’s life and times, his literary works, his activity in the realms of art, philosophy and natural science, his reception of – and indeed by – other cultures, and, finally, the resonance of his work in our time. More information can be found here.

German Romantic Poets, published by Penguin and part of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poets series, is an anthology of poems in English translation. In addition to offering an overview of Romantic poetry, it showcases the work of some of the most talented translators from German, from Michael Hamburger to Christopher Middleton and David Constantine, and includes new versions by Emeritus Schröder Professor and leading scholar of Romanticism, Roger Paulin. More information can be found here.

Both books are edited by the current Director of German, Charlotte Lee.