Andererseits : yearbook of transatlantic German studies : Vol. 4 2015 andererseits is a collaborative project undertaken by students and faculties of universities in the USA (Duke and the University of Notre Dame) in Luxembourg (University of Luxembourg) and in Germany (University of Duisburg Essen). It provides a forum for research and reflection on topics related to the German speaking world and the field of German Studies. Works presented in the publication come from a wide variety of genres including book reviews poetry essays editorials forum discussions academic notes lectures as well as traditional peer reviewed academic articles. By publishing such a diverse array of material we hope to demonstrate the extraordinary value of the humanities in general and German Studies in particular on a variety of intellectual and cultural levels.This edition features special sections on the writers Reinhard Jirgl and Barbara Honigmann as well as for example essays on Beethovens Heroic New Path Antisemitism in Germany (1890 1933) the reception of German literature in Great Britain and a study of post Wall East German melodrama