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E-Book, Englisch, Band 212, 370 Seiten
Ireton / Schaumann Mountains and the German Mind
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78744-873-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
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Translations from Gessner to Messner, 1541-2009
E-Book, Englisch, Band 212, 370 Seiten
Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture
ISBN: 978-1-78744-873-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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The first scholarly English translations of thirteen vital texts that elucidate the central role mountains have played across nearly five centuries of Germanophone cultural history.
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The Changing Mountain Discourses - a Germanphone Perspective - Sean Ireton and Caroline Schaumann
Conrad Gessner, "Letter to Jacob Vogel on the Admiration of Mountains" (1541) and "Description of Mount Fractus, Commonly Called Mount Pilate" (1555) - Dan Hooley
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, The Natural History of Switzerland (1716) - Excerpts - Jennifer Jenkins
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, The Natural History of Switzerland (1716) - Excerpts - Christoph Weber
Sophie von la Roche, Diary of a Journey Through Switzerland (1787) - Excerpts - Martina Kopf
G.W.F. Hegel, Travel Diary Through the Bernese Alps (1796) - Sean Franzel
Alexander von Humboldt, Failed Ascents of Antisana and Chimborazo - Two Excerpts from Travel Diaries (1802) - Caroline Schaumann
Hermann von Barth, From the Northern Limestone Alps (1874) - Excerpts - Sean Ireton
Georg Simmel, "Alpine Journeys" (1895) and "On the Aesthetics of the Alps" (1911) - Jens Klenner
Eduard Pichl, "Autobiographical Sketch" (1914) and "The Alpine Association and German Purity" (1923) - Wilfried Wilms
Leni Riefenstahl, Struggle in Snow and Ice (1933) - Excerpts - Seth Peabody
Arnold Fanck, He Directed Glaciers, Storms and Avalanches: A Film Pioneer Recounts (1973) - Excerpts - Kamaal Haque
Hans Ertl, My Wild Thirties (1982), Chapter 7: "The Film Gets Colorized - But the Himalaya Still Looks Bleak" - Harald Höbusch
Max Peintner, "The Dam" (1981) - Paul Buchholz
Reinhold Messner, Westwall: The Abyss Principle (2009) - Excerpts - Gundolf Graml
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