New York, New York!

Sabine Sielke is Chair of North American Literature and Culture and Director of the North American Studies Program and the German-Canadian Centre at the University of Bonn. Her research ranges from US-American poetry and poetics to the crossroads between cultural studies and the sciences.

• Contents: Sabine Sielke: «New York, New York!»: Introduction – Heinz Ickstadt: Envisioning Metropolis: New York as Seen, Imaged, and Imagined – Cristanne Miller: «New York Israel» and the Poetry of Mina Loy – Sarah Wasserman: The Menace of the New: Mourning «The World of Tomorrow» at the 1939 New York World’s Fair – Anthony Kinik: Walkers in the City: Literature, Film, and the Figure of the Flâneur in New York City – Steven Hoelscher: Magnum’s New York – Sabine Sielke: New York, New Hollywood, Trauma: Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver Revisited – Bettina Schlüter: Alien Voice Transformations: Klaus Nomi’s Appearance on the Scene of New York’s Subculture – Nico Völker: Fresh Wounds, Old Heroes: 9/11 in American Cinema – Rainer Hillrichs: Remediating the Capital of Photography: New York Daily Photo Blogs – Ulfried Reichardt: New York - Global City? – Björn Bosserhoff: Beautiful Catastrophe: A New York City Bibliography.