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This volume presents a discussion from various positions in literary and cultural studies about the relationship between textual and contextual readings of literature. In understanding literary works do we rather map texts onto their contexts or contexts onto texts?
And what are the rules of projection? By theoretical argument as well as exemplary cases Text or Context contributes to the current discussion between text-oriented literary criticism and contextbiased cultural studies.

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Stephan Mussil absolvierte die Graphische in Wien und die Fachhochschule Bielefeld für Fotodesign und Malerei. Er ist Mitbegründer der Graphiennale, 1982 gründete er die Stephan Musik Filmproduktion. Stephan Mussil ist Mitglied des Wiener Künstlerhauses.

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