Ireton / Schaumann Heights of Reflection

Mountains in the German Imagination from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-57113-826-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 115, 406 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ireton, Sean M.

Schaumann, Caroline

Weitere Mitwirkende

Classen, Albrecht

Ozturk, Anthony

Schaumann, Caroline

Hamman, Christof

Hooley, Dan

Hoebusch, Harald

Sullivan, Heather I.

Turk, Johannes

Berwald, Olaf

Lubrich, Oliver

Arnds, Peter

Höyng, Peter

Cook, Roger

Wilke, Sabine

Denham, Scott

Franzel, Sean

Ireton, Sean M.

Wilms PhD, Wilfried

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Gebirge
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Meaning of Mountains: Geology, History, Culture - Sean Ireton and Caroline Schaumann
Prelude: Classical Mountain Landscapes and the Language of Ascent - Dan Hooley
Terra Incognita? Mountains in Medieval and Early Modern German Literature - Albrecht Classen
From Meadows to Mountaintops: Albrecht von Haller's"Die Alpen" - Caroline Schaumann
Geo-Poetics: The Alpine Sublime in Art and Literature, 1779-1860 - Anthony Ozturk
Time and Narrative in the Mountain Sublime around 1800 - Sean Franzel
Faust's Mountains: An Ecocritical Reading of Goethe's Tragedy and Science - Heather I. Sullivan
Spectacular Scenery and Slippery Descents: Narrating the Mountains of Tropical Polynesia - Sabine Wilke
Fascinating Voids: Alexander von Humboldt and the Myth of Chimborazo - Oliver Lubrich
From Eros to Thanatos: Hiking and Spelunking in Ludwig Tieck's Der Runenberg - Peter Arnds
Geology, Mountaineering, and Self-Formation in Adalbert Stifter's Der Nachsommer - Sean Ireton
"An Apparition from Another World" -- The Mountains of the Moon and Kilimanjaro from the Perspective of Nineteenth-Century Germany - Christof Hamman
Leaving the Summit Behind: Tracking Biographical and Philosophical Pathways in Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie - Peter Höyng
Elevation and Insight: Thomas Mann's Der Zauberberg - Johannes Turk
"The Essence of the Alpine World Is Struggle": Strategies of Gesundung in Arnold Fanck's Early Mountain Films - Wilfried Wilms PhD
"Mountain of Destiny": The Filmic Legacy of Nanga Parbat - Harald Hoebusch
Spatial Orientation and Embodied Transcendence in Werner Herzog's Mountain Climbing Films - Roger F. Cook
W. G. Sebald's Magic Mountains - Scott Denham
Conflicting Ascents: Inscriptions, Cartographies, andDisappearance in Christoph Ransmayr's Der fliegende Berg - Olaf Berwald
Works Cited
Notes on the Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ireton Sean M.:
SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of German and Russian at the University of Missouri.Classen Albrecht:
ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies.Höyng Peter:
PETER HÖYNG is Professor of German at Emory University.Franzel Sean:
SEAN FRANZEL is Associate Professor of German at the University of Missouri-Columbia, MO.Ireton Sean M.:
SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of German and Russian at the University of Missouri.