Library News for German Studies

New Books (Germanic Studies), April 2013

A selected list of new books relevant to Germanistik/German Studies.

For Comparative Literature/Literature (General) titles or books on European Literature in general, see Library News for Comparative Literature: New Print .

Click on links for call numbers and availability. If you're having trouble find a book, please ask at the Olin Help Desk or contact Brian.

1979 : Roman / Christian Kracht. München : Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, 2003.

The adventurous heart : figures and capriccios / Ernst Jünger ; translated by Thomas Friese ; edited by Russell A. Berman ; with an introduction by Eliah Bures and Elliot Neaman. Original title: Das abenteurliche Herz. Candor, NY : Telos Press Pub., c2012.

Carl Einstein und die europäische Avantgarde = Carl Einstein and the European Avant-garde / herausgegeben von Nicola Creighton, Andreas Kramer. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, c2012.

Culture in dark times : Nazi fascism, inner emigration, and exile / Jost Hermand ; translated by Victoria W. Hill. New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.

Explosionen auf weiter Flur : Narration, Deskription und ihre ästhetisch-politischen Implikationen in zwei Texten von Arno Schmidt und Peter Weiss / Georges Felten. Bielefeld : Aisthesis, 2013.

Geldströme : Ökonomie im Romanwerk Thomas Manns / von Anna Kinder. Berlin : De Gruyter, [2013]

Goethe's Faust and cultural memory : comparatist interfaces / Lorna Fitzsimmons. Bethlehem : Lehigh University Press ; Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, c2012.

Goethes "Wahlverwandtschaften" : Werk und Forschung / herausgegeben von Helmut Hühn ; unter Mitarbeit von Stefan Blechschmidt. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2010.

Heine und Byron : Poetik eingreifender Kunst am Beginn der Moderne / by Alexandra Böhm. Berlin : De Gruyter, [2013]

Ilija Trojanow / edited by Julian Preece. Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, 2013.

Im Schatten des Verstehens : Denken und Nicht-Wissen : die Prosa Barbara Honigmanns / Petra Renneke. Würzburg : Königshausen & Neumann, 2012.

Image in outline : reading Lou Andreas-Salomé / by Gisela Brinker-Gabler. New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, c2012.

Literatur und Theorie seit der Postmoderne / Klaus Birnstiel/Erik Schilling (Hg.) ; mit einem Nachwort von Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht. Stuttgart : Hirzel, 2012.

Das Mädchen aus Harrys Strasse / Sigmar Schollak ; mit Zeichnungen von Sabine Jaene und einem Nachwort von Ralph Giordano. Bremen : Donat, c2011.

Mein kleiner Zeh war ein Wort : Theaterstücke / Yoko Tawada. Tübingen : Konkursbuch Verlag Claudia Gehrke, c2013.

Metzler Lexikon der deutsch-jüdischen Literatur : jüdische Autorinnen und Autoren deutscher Sprache von der Aufklärung bis zur Gegenwart / Andreas B. Kilcher (Hrsg.). 2., aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage. Stuttgart : Verlag J.B. Metzler, [2012]

Poetiken des Zufalls in Alfred Döblins Berlin Alexanderplatz und Wolfgang Koeppens Tauben im Gras / Christiane Weidenfeld. Würzburg : Königshausen & Neumann, c2013.

Prosaic conditions : Heinrich Heine and the spaces of Zionist literature / Na'ama Rokem. Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2013.

Raumlektüren : der Spatial Turn und die Literatur der Moderne / Tim Mehigan, Alan Corkhill (Hg.). Bielefeld : Transcript, [2013]

Religion in Contemporary German Drama : Botho Strauss, George Tabori, Werner Fritsch, and Lukas Bärfuss / Sinéad Crowe. Rochester, New York : Camden House, 2013.

Versuchte Rekonstruktion : die Securitate und Oskar Pastior / herausgegeben von Ernest Wichner. München : ET+K, Edition Text + Kritik, 2012.

Vielheit und Einheit der Germanistik weltweit / herausgegeben von Franciszek Grucza. Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2012-  WU has Bde: 2-14.

Wolfram von Eschenbach : ein Handbuch / Herausgegeben von Joachim Heinzle. Berlin : De Gruyter, [2011]

Einzig und allein : ledige Figuren in der Belletristik / Andrea Bugge--new eBOOK

Einzig und allein  : ledige Figuren in der Belletristik / Andrea Bugge. Frankfurt : PL Academic Research, 2012.

Diese Arbeit vergleicht die literarischen Darstellungen des ledigen Menschen und die Thematik der Ehelosigkeit in ausgewählten Romanen und Erzählungen aus dem 18. Jahrhundert bis in die Gegenwart. Unter Einbezug textsoziologischer, intertextueller, sozialgeschichtlicher, soziokultureller und genderspezifischer Zusammenhänge weist die Autorin den Einfluss des frühromantischen Liebesideals auf die Gestaltung lediger Figuren der folgenden literarischen Strömungen nach. Dabei wird erkennbar, wie prägnant der Typus des «Hagestolzes», der «alten Jungfer» und des postmodernen Singles die Frage nach dem Wesen des Menschen und seinen ästhetischen Ausdrucksformen spiegelt, trotz und gerade wegen der ihm zu allen Zeiten zugeschriebenen scheinbaren sozialen Mangelhaftigkeit.

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China in der deutschen Literatur 1827-1988 (2012)--new eBOOK

China in der deutschen Literatur 1827-1988  / herausgegeben von Uwe Japp und Aihong Jiang. Frankfurt : Lang, Peter, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2012.

CONTENTS: Vorwort; "Geistiges Schreiben" Goethes lyrische Annäherung an China: Uwe Japp; "Hingesunken alten Träumen" -- Goethes Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten aus chinesischer Sicht: Xiaoqiao Wu; Der Einfluss kultureller Faktoren auf die Rezeption und Neubearbeitung der Turandot-Geschichte in China: Aihong Jiang; "Der Chinese", "unser Chinese": ein Chinese nach Bedarf. Fontanes Effi Briest: Mu Gu; Die Chinesische Mauer von Karl Kraus: Wenjie Liu; Der doppelte Blick. Franz Kafkas Erzählung Beim Bau der chinesischen Mauer in interkultureller Perspektive: Carsten Rohde -- Das konstruierte China. Zur Darstellung des Paradoxen am Beispiel von Kafkas Beim Bau der chinesischen Mauer: Weidong RenDie Existenzkrise des Einzelnen in Kafkas Beim Bau der chinesischen Mauer: Pei Zhang; Das Chinabild in Kafkas Beim Bau der chinesischen Mauer: Yan Zhang; Chinoiserie und "Tatsachenphantasie". Alfred Döblins Der Überfall auf Chao-lao-sü und die Verflüssigung ethnografischen Wissens: Christoph Deupmann; Versuch über Alfred Döblins chinesische Erzählung Der Überfall auf Chao-lao-sü: Wei Luo -- Globalisierung in der Zwischenkriegszeit. China im Weltstadtroman des Exils: Vicki Baums Hotel Shanghai (1939): Stefan SchererWarum die Lüge? Gedanken über Michael Krügers chinesische Geschichte Warum Peking?: Li Jiang; Humoristische China-Bilder in Erzählungen der 1980er Jahre. Zu Hermann Kinders Kina Kina (1988) und Michael Krügers Warum Peking? Eine chinesische Geschichte (1984): Andreas Hirsch-Weber; Auswahlbibliographie; Die Beiträgerinnen und Beiträger; Namenregister; Werkregister.

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Olin Library Open on Sundays this Summer

While many WUSTL students and faculty bid farewell to campus for several months at this time of year, the libraries across the university are an important resource for those that remain, continuing their research, classes, and other academic pursuits over the course of the summer. With these users in mind, the Libraries have extended Olin Library's summer hours to include Sundays, giving users access to the library's collections, study space, and expert staff seven days a week.

"We hope that this will provide a quiet place to study and do research," says Stephanie Atkins, head of access. "We understand that the classes are shorter during the summer, and students need to maximize their research and study time. We can’t expect them to wait until Monday for the library to open again."

The added summer hours, which begin Sunday, May 19, at 10 a.m., were first implemented in July of 2012, in response to a student's request.

"We welcome all students’ input on how to improve the library," Atkins says. "Please do not hesitate to share your thoughts and ideas."

For questions or comments, contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 5-4824 ; IM/chat)

While many WUSTL students and faculty bid farewell to campus for several months at this time of year, the libraries across the university are an important resource for those that remain, continuing their research, classes, and other academic pursuits over the course of the summer. With these users in mind, the Libraries have extended Olin Library's summer hours to include Sundays, giving users access to the library's collections, study space, and expert staff seven days a week.

"We hope that this will provide a quiet place to study and do research," says Stephanie Atkins, head of access. "We understand that the classes are shorter during the summer, and students need to maximize their research and study time. We can’t expect them to wait until Monday for the library to open again."

The added summer hours, which begin Sunday, May 19, at 10 a.m., were first implemented in July of 2012, in response to a student's request.

"We welcome all students’ input on how to improve the library," Atkins says. "Please do not hesitate to share your thoughts and ideas."

For questions or comments, contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 5-4824 ; IM/chat)

New DVDs (Germanic Studies), March-April 2013

For a complete listing of new videos and DVDs, consult the Catalog or the DVD lists. 

Is there a DVD you want the Libraries to get? Contact Brian

Faust [videorecording] / von Wolfgang von Goethe ; eine Gustaf Gründgens-Inszerberung des Deutschen Schauspielhauses Hamburg ; Regie, Peter Gorski ; eine Walter Traut Produktion der Divina. In German. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1960. Filmed stage performance of Goethe's version of the tale of a man who sells his soul to the devil. DVD (PAL); region 2.

Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky [videorecording] / ein Lichtspiel von Wim Wenders zusammen mit den Studenten Carlos Alvarez, ... [et al.]. Arisha, the bear, and the stone ring = Arisha, der Bär und der steinerne Ring / written, produced, and directed by Wim Wenders. Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky in German; Arisha, the bear, and the stone ring in German or English. Die Gebrüder Skladanowsky originally released as a motion picture in 1995; Arisha, the bear, and the stone ring in 1992. DVD 9, region 2 (PAL).

Peter Stein inszeniert Faust von Johann Wolfgang Goethe [videorecording] / text by Johann Wolfgang Goethe ; Inszenierung, Peter Stein ; Fernsehregie, Peter Schönhofer (Faust I), Thomas Grimm (Faust II). Dialogue in German. Originally recorded at the Arena in Berlin in 2000. Peter Stein's stage production of parts 1 and 2 of Goethe's Faust. DVD; region 0.

Smultronstället [videorecording] = Wild strawberries / a Svensk Filmindustri visar ; en film av Ingmar Bergman ; [producer, Allan Ekelund ; director, Ingmar Bergman ; screenplay, Ingmar Bergman]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Swedish dialogue with optional English subtitles. DVD (NTSC), region 1.

Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter [videorecording] / eine Koproduktion von ZDF und Teamworx in Zusammenarbeit mit Beta Film und ZDF Enterprises ; Regie, Philipp Kadelbach ; Drehbuch, Stefan Kolditz. In German. Originally released as a television mini-series in Germany in 2013. DVD (PAL), region 2. SUMMARY: Berlin, 1941. The story of five friends' experiences during the Second World War in Germany.

Das Weiterleben der Ruth Klüger [videorecording] = Landscapes of memory : the life of Ruth Kluger /  Buch und Regie, Renata Schmidtkunz. Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. In German and English with optional English and German subtitles. DVD (PAL), region 0.

Operas based on German works or related to German-language authors:

Parsifal [videorecording] : Bühnenweihfestspiel in three acts / by Richard Wagner ; from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Recorded in performance Aug. 4, 6, 8, 2004, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. Sung in German, with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. DVD.

The tales of Hoffmann [videorecording] : a fantastic opera / a Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger production ; English libretto by Dennis Arundell ; from the French text by Jules Barbier ; written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Released by Lopert Film Distributing Corporation, c1951 British Lion Film Corporation Ltd."--Credits. DVD (NTSC), region 1.

Tristan und Isolde [videorecording] / the Metropolitan Opera presents ; by Richard Wagner ; a Metropolitan Opera television production ; director, Brian Large. Produced at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, Dec. 1999. Sung in German; subtitles in German, English, French, Chinese, Spanish. DVD; region 0

 

Forum Modernes Theater--NEW eJOURNAL

WU has access to the eJournal Forum Modernes Theater (0930-5874).

Forum Modernes Theater is the is the only peer-reviewed journal for theatre studies in the German-speaking countries. It is published twice a year. The journal examines cultural, aesthetic and historical manifestations of theatre and embraces all aspects of academic discussion – both subject-specific and interdisciplinary – including approaches taken from cultural and media studies. Dance theatre and musical theatre are considered just as readily as performance and theatre history. The journal’s declared objective is to cross the boundaries into neighbouring disciplines such as literature, art and music studies.

We also have earlier issues in print.

 For questions, contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 5-4824 ; IM/chat)

SS Thinking and the Holocaust / Andre Mineau (2012)--NEW eBOOK

SS thinking and the Holocaust  / André Mineau. Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2012.

DESCRIPTION: SS ideology was the expression of an apparently philosophical self-containing system of thought, articulated around a systematic body of knowledge claiming to integrate humanity inside a global vision of Being. Using ontology and anthropology as foundations, SS thinking developed essentially in the field of ethics. It portrayed itself as a global approach to society and civilization, based on eugenics and ethnic cleansing. It accomplished the fusion of the modern biological paradigm with the cultural shock brought about by World War I and promoted total war for the sake of total health. And since institutional philosophy largely ignores SS theory and praxis, Holocaust memorial institutions may represent an alternative for the development of understanding and reflection.Within the context of Nazism, SS thinking did much to work out the theory for which the Holocaust would be the ultimate accomplishment. It intended to provide the Holocaust with legitimacy, from the viewpoints of ontology, anthropology, politics, and ethics, whence the importance of studying the theoretical framework that gave sense to the most terrible form of SS praxis.

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Digital resources from Center for Research Libraries now in our catalog

More than 16,000 digitized resources from the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) were recently added to the WU Libraries catalog. Available to WU users on or off campus, the materials are newly accessible to the university community as a result of WU Libraries' membership in CRL.

Users may browse all the records in the catalog and search to discover more than 3,000 international dissertations, online versions from the SAMP (South Asia Microform Project), and much more. Specific examples include the CRL Nobel Laureates dissertation collection, Essays on African culture, Deutsche Kolonien : die Forderung des Dritten Reiches, Traditional Indian culture & other essays, and Indo-English literature: a collection of critical essays. More will be added periodically.

There are +2,500 resources in German, +1,900 in French, and additional ones in other languages.

The ecological voice in recent German-Swiss prose / Andrew Liston (2011)--NEW eBOOK

The ecological voice in recent German-Swiss prose [electronic resource] / Andrew Liston. Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, c2011. (Cultural identity studies ; v. 24.)

"This study focuses on the five most prominent Swiss writers of the last thirty-five years whose work features ecological crisis. It is an analysis of five narratologically divergent styles, ranging from the eco-parables of Franz Hohler to the hermeneutically defiant work of Gertrud Leutenegger. Between these poles, the author also explores works by Walther Kauer, Max Frisch and Beat Sterchi. Previously unpublished material from interviews with three of the authors is included"--p. 4 of cover.

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Tour the Book Studio at Open House April 30

On Tuesday, April 30, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., WU Libraries and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will host the annual Kranzberg Book Studio Open House.

Founded in 1997, the studio provides an expansive workplace equipped with printing presses and other specialized tools, where students learn about book design, bookmaking, authorship, and publishing.

During the open house, guests can tour the Book Studio, meet current students and faculty, and learn who’s won this year’s Nancy Award for outstanding student achievement in book design.

The event takes place in Walker Hall, Level 2, on Washington University’s Danforth Campus. Walker Hall is near the intersection of Skinker & Forsyth, just east of the Kemper Art Museum and north of Bixby Hall.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Department of Special Collections at Washington University Libraries at 314-935-5495.