Dioskuren, Konkurrenten und Zitierende

The commemorative publication for Helmut Göbel and Ludger Grenzmann on the occasion of their respective 75th birthdays comprises contributions on couple constellations, particularly in German language, literature and culture. Couple constellations are entities formed by two individuals in which these individuals continue to exist but are at the same time negated. Setting out from the elemental contributions on linguistic pair formations and the functionalisation of the mythical Dioskouri, this anthology brings together in particular analyses of exemplary literary couple constellations, of authorial relationships and cases of intertextuality in diverse literary fields of cultural history from humanism to the present day.