Library News for German Studies

New DVDs, Oct. 2009

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

Der amerikanische Freund [videorecording] / Arthaus ; eine Coproduktion der Road Movies Filmproduktion GmbH ... [et al.] ; [Regie und Buch, Wim Wenders]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. DVD, region 2.

Buddenbrooks [videorecording] / ein Film von Heinrich Breloer ; nach dem Roman von Thomas Mann ; [Drehbuch, Heinrich Breloer, Horst Königstein ; Regie, Heinrich Breloer]. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. DVD, region 2.

Deutschland im Herbst [videorecording] / Filmverlag der Autoren ; [principal directors, Heinrich Böll, R.W. Fassbinder]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. DVD, region 2.

Doktor Faust [videorecording] / von Ferruccio Busoni ; aus dem Opernhaus Zürich. Opera. Sung in German, with subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish, and Italian. DVD.

Die dritte Generation [videorecording] eine Komödie in 6 Teilen um Gesellschaftsspiele voll Spannung, Erregung und Logik, Grausamkeit und Wahnsinn ähnlich den Märchen die man Kindern erzählt ihr Leben zum Tod ertragen zu helfen / [Regie und Buch, Rainer Werner Fassbinder]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. DVD, region 2.

Die freudlose Gasse [videorecording] / Regie, Georg Wilhelm Pabst ; Drehbuch, Willy Haas, nach dem Roman von Hugo Bettauer ; Sofar-Film-Produktion GmbH, Berlin ; Produzenten, Michael Salkin und Romain Pinès. Originally produced as motion picture in 1925. Silent film, with German intertitles and optional English subtitles. DVD.

Die gläserne Zelle [videorecording] /  Buch, Klaus Bädekerl, H.W. Geissendörfer ; nach Motiven des gleichnamigen Romans von Patricia Highsmith ; Regie, Hans W. Geissendörfer. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. DVD, region 2.

Messer im Kopf [videorecording] / [Regie, Reinhard Hauff ; Drehbuch, Peter Schneider ; Coproduktion Bioskop Film, München, Hallelujah Film, München]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1978. DVD, region 2.

Die Reise [videorecording] / Buch und Regie: Markus Imhoof ; frei nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Bernward Vesper. Originally released as a motion picture in 1986. DVD, region 2.

Stammheim [videorecording] : die Baader-Meinhof-Gruppe vor Gericht / Arthaus ; Drehbuch, Stefan Aust ; Regie, Reinhard Hauff ; eine Coproduktion der Bioskop-Film München und des Thalia Theaters Hamburg. Originally released as a motion picture in 1986. DVD, region 2.

Stroszek [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Werner Herzog Film GmbH ; Reigie und Buch, Werner Herzog]. Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. DVD, region 2.

Tarot [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Filmverlag der Autoren ; Buch Max Zihlmann ; Produktion und Regie, Rudolf Thome ; eine Moana-Anthea Produktion in Zusammenarbeit mit der ZDF. Originally released as a motion picture in 1985. DVD, region 2.

Der unbekannte Soldat [videorecording] = The unknown solder /  Ein Film von Michael Verhoeven. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. DVD.

New Books, Oct. 1-15, 2009

 "Aber Göttlich und Ausserordentlich reimt sich." : Bettine von Arnim (1785-1859), Muse, Schriftstellerin, politische Publizistin / Sulamith Sparre. Lich/Hessen : Verlag Edition AV, 2009.

 Essays and letters / Friedrich Hölderlin ; edited and translated with an introduction by Jeremy Adler and Charlie Louth. London ; New York : Penguin, 2009.

  Historical dictionary of postwar German literature / William Grange. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2009.

 In the place of language : literature and the architecture of the referent / Claudia Brodsky. New York : Fordham University Press, 2009.

 Interwar Vienna : culture between tradition and modernity / edited by Deborah Holmes and Lisa Silverman. Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2009.

  Jenseits des Unbehagens : "Sublimierung" von Goethe bis Lacan / Eckart Goebel. Bielefeld : Transcript, c2009.

  Literature in exile of East and Central Europe / edited by Agnieszka Gutthy. New York : Peter Lang, c2009. 
  

  Nach der Moderne : Essay zur deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur in zwölf Kapiteln über elf Autoren / Uwe Wittstock. Göttingen : Wallstein, c2009.

  Neue "BT-Mitteilungen" : Studien zu B. Traven / Mathias Brandstädter, Matthias Schönberg (Hg.). Berlin : K. Kramer, 2009.

  Perspectives on gender in post-1945 German literature / Georgina Paul. Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2009.

 Selbstbildnis und dichterisches Schaffen / Levin Ludwig Schücking ; aus dem Nachlass herausgegeben und kommentiert von Ulf Morgenstern. Bielefeld : Aisthesis, 2008.

  So eine Art lyrisches Kaffeehaus : Briefwechsel Anastasius Grün mit dem Weidmann Verlag 1832-1876 / herausgegeben und kommentiert von Dietmar Scharmitzer. Wien : Böhlau, 2009.

  Theatre is more beautiful than war : German stage directing in the late twentieth century / Marvin Carlson. Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2009.

The weather fifteen years ago / Wolf Haas ; translated by Stephanie Gilardi and Thomas S. Hansen ; afterword by Thomas S. Hansen. Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press, c2009.

 Wider den Kulturenzwang : Migration, Kulturalisierung und Weltliteratur / Özkan Ezli, Dorothee Kimmich, Annette Werberger (Hg.) ; unter Mitarbeit von Stefanie Ulrich. Bielefeld : Transcript, 2009.

 Women and death 2 : warlike women in the German literary and cultural imagination since 1500 / edited by Sarah Colvin and Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly. Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2009.

For Comparative Literature/Literature (General) titles, see Library News for Comparative Literature: New Print

"Journalist Goes Undercover to Discover Life as a Black Man in Germany"--Spiegel Int'l Online

Journalist Goes Undercover to Discover Life as a Black Man in Germany

Günter Wallraff is Germany's most famous investigative journalist. He's made a name for himself by going undercover to reveal the hidden side of many social issues. In his new film, he disguises himself as a black person to explore racial discrimination in Germany. His approach, however, is drawing criticism.

Article by Hannah Pilarczyk, from Spiegel Online International, Oct. 21, 2009.

Full article

Brian out of office, Oct. 14-20th & no office hrs. Oct. 14-15th

I will be out of the office from Oct. 14-20, 2009 and thus will be not holding office hours on Oct. 14-15.

During my absence, feel free to email me. I will reply to email upon my return. For immediate reference assistance during my absence, please contact Olin Reference--email: ref@wumail.wustl.edu; phone: 935-5410; IM/Chat: http://library.wustl.edu/askus.html). 

Brian Vetruba
Catalog Librarian/German Studies, Comparative Literature, European Studies Librarian
Washington University Libraries
bvetruba@wustl.edu

WU alumni have lifelong free access to RefWorks

RefWorks recently announced it will provide lifelong access to alumni from subscribing institutions. What this means is that WU students will have FREE access to RefWorks accounts even after leaving WU. More info.

Details on how to access RefWorks as a WU alumni are still forthcoming. In the meantime, let me know if you have questions about this or about using RefWorks in general (Brian: bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 5-4824 ; IM/Chat)

New DVDs/VHS, Sept. 2009

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

Bonhoeffer, agent of grace [videorecording] / NFP Teleart GMBH & Co. KG and Norflicks Productions Ltd. in cooperation with Aid Association for Lutherans present. What is a moral person to do in a time of savage immorality? That question tormented Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. VHS.

Céleste [videorecording] / Pelemele Film GmbH, Bayerischer Rundfunk ; Regie und Buch, Percy Adlon ; frei nach dem Buch Monsieur Proust von Céleste Albaret. Originally released as a motion picture in 1981. DVD, region 2.

La chute de la maison Usher [videorecording] / un film de Jean Epstein ; d'apres les motifs d'Edgar A. Poe. Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1928. English translation of French intertitles spoken by narrator. DVD.

Rosa Luxemburg [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Bioskop-Film ; Drehbuch und Regie, Margarethe von Trotta. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.  DVD, region 2.

Herta Müller wins this year's Nobel Prize for Literature

The Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller wins this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. See the NY Times article.

Some books and articles the Libraries have access to:

Books by Herta Müller in German

Books by Herta Müller in English

Books about Herta Müller (all languages)   

Recent articles on Herta Müller from the MLA Int'l Bibliography: http://libproxy.wustl.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mzh&bquery=(SA+(m%c3%bcller))+and+(SA+(herta))&cli0=RV&clv0=Y&type=1&site=ehost-live&scope=site

New Books, Sept. 16-30, 2009

For Comparative Literature/Literature (General) titles, see Library News for Comparative Literature: New Print

The beginnings of modern gendered discourse in late eighteenth-century Germany : literary, philosophical, and popular portrayals of female orality / Heather Merle Benbow ; with a foreword by Russell West-Pavlov. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2009.

A companion to the works of Walter Benjamin / edited by Rolf J. Goebel. Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2009.

 Einheit der Romantik? : zur Transformation frühromantischer Konzepte im 19. Jahrhundert / Bernd Auerochs / Dirk von Petersdorff (Hg.). Paderborn : Schöningh, 2009.

 Das Geheimnis des Kalligraphen : Roman / Rafik Schami. München : Carl Hanser, c2008.

Der Generationenkonflikt in der deutschen Popliteratur / Thomas Andre. Bremen : Institut für kulturwissenschaftliche Deutschlandstudien an der Universität Bremen, 2006.

  German Lieder in the nineteenth century / edited by Rufus Hallmark. New York : Routledge, 2010.

 Gottfried Benn : Einführung in Leben und Werk / Joachim Dyck. Berlin ; New York : Walter de Gruyter, c2009.

  Hermann Broch und die Künste / herausgegeben von Alice Stašková, Paul Michael Lützeler. Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, c2009.

 The invention of curried sausage / Uwe Timm ; translated by Leila Vennewitz. Original German title: Die Entdeckung der Currywurst. New York : New Directions, [1997], c1995.

 Lyrik im historischen Kontext : Festschrift für Reiner Wild / herausgegeben von Andreas Böhn, Ulrich Kittstein, Christoph Weiss ; unter Mitarbeit von Sandra Beck. Würzburg : Königshausen & Neumann, 2009.

 Niederländisch-deutsche Kulturbeziehungen 1600-1830 / Jan Konst, Inger Leemans, Bettina Noak (Hg.). Göttingen : V&R unipress, c2009.

  Poietischer Realismus : zur Novelle der Jahre 1848-1888 : Stifter, Keller, Meyer, Storm / Lars Korten. Tübingen : Niemeyer, 2009.

Public voices : political discourse in the writings of Caroline de la Motte Fouqué / Karin Baumgartner. Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, c2009.

"Speak useful words or say nothing" : Old Norse studies / by Joseph Harris ; edited by Susan E. Deskis and Thomas D. Hill. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Library, 2008.

Struwwelpeters Welt : mit originalgetreuem Nachdruck des "Struwwelpeter"-Urmanuskripts von Dr. Heinrich Hoffmann (1809-1894) zu seinem 200. Geburtstag / bearbeitet von Johannes Pommeranz. Nürnberg : Verlag der Germanischen Nationalmuseums, 2009.

 Von Iphigenie zu Medea : Semantik und Dramaturgie des Barbarischen bei Goethe und Grillparzer / Markus Winkler. Tübingen : Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2009.

  Walther von der Vogelweide : Epoche, Werk, Wirkung / von Horst Brunner ... [et al.] ; unter Mitarbeit von Sigrid Neureiter-Lackner. München : C.H. Beck, 2009.

 Wege zur weiblichen Glückseligkeit : Sophie von La Roches Reisejournale, 1784 bis 1786 / Erdmut Jost ; mit einem Essay von Monika Nenon und einer Forschungsbibliographie zur Reiseliteratur Sophie von La Roches von Tobias Fuchs. Thalhofen : Bauer, 2007.

 "Wie es auch sei, das Leben--" : Beiträge zu Goethes Dichten und Denken / Werner Keller. Göttingen : Wallstein, 2009.

NEW JOURNAL--European Romantic Review (1740-4657) available online!

The Libraries now have online access to European Romantic Review (ISSN 1740-4657), the Journal of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR).

The European Romantic Review publishes innovative scholarship on the literature and culture of Europe, Great Britain and the Americas during the period 1760-1840. Topics range from the scientific and psychological interests of German and English authors through the political and social reverberations of the French Revolution to the philosophical and ecological implications of Anglo-American nature writing. Selected papers from the annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism appear in one of the five issues published each year.

New Options with the Libraries New Catalog

As you know, we launched the beta version of the New Catalog earlier this semester. I hope you have had the chance to take a look at it. With the New Catalog, you can:

• refine searches by topic, language, publication date, and more. These options are on the right.
• easily limit by items online (e-books, e-journals, etc.)
• easily export records into RefWorks and EndNote.
• search across library systems, picking up articles, database results, websites, and Special Collections holdings.

But the "old" Catalog, or Classic Catalog, is not going away! So you can search using whichever version you're most comfortable with.

If you have questions about either catalog or finding library items, please contact me (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 935-4824 ; IM/Chat--http://libguides.wustl.edu/profile.php?uid=2787 )