Publications
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The Drama of German Expressionism
(1960)
Originally published in 1960, this bibliography with more than five thousand items provided an indispensable tool for those interested in the German expressionist plays. The volume contains a general bibliography on German ...
The Works of Stefan George
(1974)
This translation of all the poems in the main body of the work of George extensively revises the first publication of "The Works of Stefan George" which appeared in 1949. The editors have also expanded the volume, adding ...
Wittenwiler's "Ring" and the Anonymous Scots Poem "Colkelbie Sow"
(1956)
Heinrich Wittenwiler's "Ring", written in a Swiss dialect and presented in English translation for the first time in this 1956 volume, is a comic-didactic and religious allegory that documents late medieval views on many ...
General de Kalb, Lafayette's Mentor
(1966)
Originally published in 1966, A. E. Zucker presented the first modern biography of General de Kalb, a German by birth who held the rank of major general in the Continental Army and died at the Battle of Camden during the ...
Theodor Storm’s Novellen
(1964)
These six essays elucidate some of the more significant aspects of Storm's literary technique. The treatments of some of Storm's "Novellen", including "Am Kamin", "Aquis Submersus" and two versions of "Immensee", show how ...
Berlin's Forgotten Future
(2004)
Through an analysis of the works of the Berlin Aufklärer Friedrich Gedike, Friedrich Nicolai, G. E. Lessing, and Moses Mendelssohn, Matt Erlin shows how the rapid changes occurring in Prussia's newly minted metropolis ...
Ulrich von Liechtenstein's "Service of Ladies"
(1969)
This volume presents the first English translation of one of the most original literary products of the German medieval period. It is introduced with a sketch of the poet's life, an evaluation of his work as autobiography ...
Schelmuffsky
(1962)
Rendered into English for the first time by Wayne Wonderley and provided with a critical introduction, this rollicking tale of baroque satire by Christian Reuter not only illuminates the mores and mentality of the time but ...
Music of the Minnesinger and Early Meistersinger
(1962)
Originally published in 1962, this complete bibliography of the music of the Minnesinger provided an essential tool for scholars of medieval German literature. The songs are listed in alphabetical order by composer along ...
Studies in Goethe's Lyric Cycles
(1978)
The book presents a series of interpretive readings of the "Römische Elegien", "Sonette", "Chinesisch-deutsche Jarhes- und Tageszeiten", several trilogies, and the shorter cycles of 1821, taking into account the variety ...
The Magic Mountain
(1965)
Praised highly by Mann himself, Weigand's book (originally published in 1933) is an essential piece of criticism on Mann's monumental novel. In his study of "The Magic Mountain" Weigand comments on the novel's genre and ...
The Songs of the Minnesinger, Prince Wizlaw of Rügen
(1967)
This work originally published in 1967 was the first to treat Wizlaw in his three roles of composer, poet, and sovereign and to present his poetry in English. Thomas and Seagrave also include a bibliography, translations ...
Goethe's Social Philosophy
(1955)
In this study originally published in 1955, Steer explores the importance of Goethe's family concept in two autobiographical works, "Campagne in Frankreich" and "Belagerung von Mainz". Through a close textual analysis, ...
King Rother
(1962)
Originally published in 1962, Robert Lichtenstein's translation of "King Rother" made the medieval epic available to English-speaking audiences for the first time. His translation in rhymed couplets seeks to convey the ...
Readers and Their Fictions in the Novels and Novellas of Gottfried Keller
(1989)
This study seeks to alter our understanding of Keller’s realism by problematizing the act of reading within fiction. The story of reading in Keller’s fiction is a self-conscious meditation on the schism between life and ...
Sonnets of Catharina von Greiffenberg
(1975)
This study presents interpretation and criticism of Catharina von Greiffenberg's "Geistliche Sonnette" (1662) with contrastive discussions of the process and structure of Gryphius' sonnets. The author uses an eclectic ...
The Essence of Philosophy
(1954)
Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), the great German humanist, remained a towering figure in Europe long into the twentieth century. Published in 1954, this translation by Stephen A. Emery and William T. Emery was the first English ...
Ecbasis Cuiusdam Captivi Per Tropologiam—Escape of a Certain Captive Told in a Figurative Manner
(1964)
The oldest medieval beast epic was translated literally into English prose for the first time in this volume, with Latin on facing pages. The introduction and commentary by Zeydel familiarize the reader with the history ...
The Humanist Ulrich von Hutten
(1969)
Ulrich von Hutten (1488-1523), Renaissance-Reformation publisher and ardent champion of German nationalism, has previously been characterized as a bitter and vehement political satirist. From this concise, critical survey ...
Death and the Plowman or, The Bohemian Plowman
(1958)
This dialogue about death from the year 1400 has no peer in early German Renaissance literature. Ernest Kirrmann presents an English translation of the German classic, as well as a preface by Alois Bernt giving an introduction ...
Structures of Influence
(1981)
This collection of essays featuring contributions from eminent Swedish and American Strindberg scholars addresses the question of how Strindberg's art collides and colludes, ideologically and aesthetically, with the literary ...
Studies in Nietzsche and the Classical Tradition
(1976)
These fifteen essays deal with Nietzsche's view of various aspects of classical antiquity as compared to those of Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Dante, Voltaire, Winkelmann, Hamann, Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Byron, the "fin de ...
The Figure of the Musician in German Literature
(1956)
This survey of the literary treatment of musicians in German novels and novellas begins with the Romantics and ends with the publication of Thomas Mann's "Doktor Faustus". Schoolfield explores the work of a large selection ...
Rainer Maria Rilke and Jugendstil
(1978)
This study focuses on the striking relationship between one of the most important and enigmatic poets of the twentieth century and the art and artists of the Art Nouveau. The author explores the depth of the relationship ...
The "Ariadne auf Naxos" of Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Richard Strauss
(1975)
This book presents in comprehensive fashion the extraordinary development of "Ariadne auf Naxos" from its conception to the final operatic version. The unique collaboration of Hofmannsthal and Strauss is examined and the ...
Bifocal Vision
(1971)
Relying on an edition of Novalis' notebooks which includes much of the author's scientific and philosophical musings, Neubauer's study evaluates Novalis' outline for a creative science and philosophical background of the ...
The Nibelungenlied Today
(1962)
This thorough study of the moral values of the "Nibelungen" and of their paradoxical behavior posits the work as an indictment of a society that results time and again in collective human tragedy. Told with tragic insight, ...
Theodor Storm's Craft of Fiction
(1966)
Bernd's study shows how Storm's "Novellen" are made purposeful by the operations of a fictional intelligence, haunted by the fear of passing time. The author challenges the traditional belief that Storm's narratives are ...
Greek Antiquity in Schiller's "Wallenstein"
(1985)
An exploration of the poetic function of Greek archetypes in Schiller's "Wallenstein", this study claims Homer's "Iliad" and Euripides's "Iphigenia in Aulis", the first epic and the last tragic poem about the Trojan War ...
Schiller and Music
(1966)
In this first definitive study of Friedrich Schiller's relationship to music, R. M. Longyear discusses Schiller's personal, literary, and philosophical utilization of music as well as the influence of Schiller's works on ...
The Heliand
(1966)
Mariana Scott, poet and translator of Hofmannsthal, Meyrink, Celan, and others, translates the eight-century Old Saxon Heliand into its original meter in this work originally published in 1966. This anonymous masterpiece ...