Mieder Essays on German Literature and the Holocaust

Festschrift for David A. Scrase in Celebration of His Eightieth Birthday
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-4331-6372-2
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 414 Seiten, Web PDF

This celebratory volume consists of nineteen previously published essays by Professor David A. Scrase. These English-language essays are divided into three sections: (1) studies on the twentieth-century German author Wilhelm Lehmann; (2) literary studies on Johannes Bobrowski, Ludwig Greve, Stephan Hermlin, and others; and (3) studies on the literature, art, and film of the Holocaust. The book addresses German literature of the twentieth century in particular, with an emphasis on modern poetry and fiction by East and West German authors. Another theme concerns itself with biographical matters of various authors. While there is an emphasis on the poetry and fiction of Wilhelm Lehmann, the third section on the Holocaust also addresses the important factor of teaching about the Holocaust at schools and on the undergraduate level of colleges and universities. In its entirety the book includes an impressive overview of the rich German literary world of the twentieth century while also stressing the necessary study of the Holocaust through literary and artistic expressions. The detailed analysis of numerous poems will be of much use to students, and some of the articles on the Holocaust will be useful to instructors as they prepare courses on the literature, art, and film dealing with various aspects of the Holocaust.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mieder, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Stoffe, Motive und Themen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Tabula gratulatoria – Preface –Wilhelm Lehmann – Wilhelm Lehmann as Translator – "Leicht" and "Schwer" in the Poetry of Wilhelm Lehmann – Discussing "This and That" and Modern German Literature—The Correspondence of Jethro Bithell with Wilhelm Lehmann (1952–59) – Wilhelm Lehmann’s Michael Lippstock: A Reassessment of an Erstwhile "Poeta Pittore" and His Repudiated Work – Wilhelm Lehmann (4 May 1882–17 November 1968) – Point Counterpoint: Variations on the "Fest" Theme in – Johannes Bobrowski’s Levins Mühle –The Role and Relevance of the Movable Feast: The Fest Motif in Novalis’ Heinrich von Ofterdingen – Dimensions of Reality: West German Poetry of the Seventies –Correcting Emotion: The Poetry of Ludwig Greve within the Context of West German Trends – The Poetry of Johannes Bobrowski – "Wo gehörten sie hin?" The Berlin Autobiographies of Stephan Hermlin and Ludwig Greve – Literature of the Holocaust – Art and the Holocaust – The Holocaust Through Literature and Film – Fact, Fiction, Truth, Lies: The Rights of Imagination and the Rights of History in Four Holocaust Accounts – Building a Holocaust Studies Program for Both Town and Gown – Hermann Friedrich Gräbe: Rescue in Rovno – "To Leave or Not to Leave—That Was Just One of the Questions": Jewish Emigration from the Third Reich – List of Publications.

Über Autor(innen)

Wolfgang Mieder is University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont, where he has taught for many years together with his colleague and friend David A. Scrase. He is an internationally recognized proverb scholar with honorary doctorate degrees from the universities of Athens and Bucharest. Among his most recent books are Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics and Proverbs and the American Worldview.