The series "Chemistry of Plant Protection" continues the handbook "Chemie der Pflanzenschutz- und Schadlingsbekampfungsmittel", edited by R. Wegler. This volume covers contributions in the fields of pesticide degradation, desiccation and defoliation, and the acetyl choline receptor in insects.

The Asiatische Banise ( The Asian Banise ) (1689), written by Heinrich Anshelm von Zigler und Kliphausen (1663-1697), was the most successful German baroque novel before Goethe s Werther. Its popularity throughout Europe is further evidenced by the publication of a sequel novel; several operatic versions, stage plays, and poems; as well as translations into Swedish, Russian, Dutch, and French. This interdisciplinary collection documents and analyzes for the first time the singular history of the reception of the Asiatische Banise."

In the second half of the 18th century, the aesthetics of sensibility was the motivation for organized opposition to the 'cold' rationalism bound up with the name of Johann Christoph Gottsched. With recourse both to ancient and humanistic concepts of love, friendship, and sensibility and to medical and anthropological theorems on sensualism, there developed after 1740 a body of writings that have traditionally been designated as representing a 'culture of sensibility' referred to in German as Empfindsamkeit. In 14 studies, the contributors to this collection investigate the concepts behind the phenomenon of 'feeling-oriented' sociability, discuss examples from different literary genres, and engage with the contemporary reception accorded to the culture of sensibility.

this historical-critical edition of the Baroque novel The Asian Banise fills a gap in research. Although the Banise was the most popular novel prior to Goethe s Werther, until now there have only been two reprints (long out-of-print) of non-authorized editions. Long overdue, this book is the historical-critical edition of the original first edition of 1689 and contains detailed commentaries."

The volume contains the papers given at a conference held in Basle in Autumn 2006 on the writer Philipp von Zesen (1619-1689). The publication a " the first collected volume devoted to this author for 35 years a " displays the whole breadth of Zesen's work: Apart from his lyric poetry and novels, the papers discuss his linguistic and poetological innovations together with his contributions to nature philosophy, mythology, historiology and politics.