Library News for German Studies

All functions of library catalog working--including MyCatalog

All function of library cataloging working. This includes MyCatalog. So you should be able to renew items, request items, and see what you have checked out.

Brian

New Books, May 1-15, 2009

 Alltag im Dritten Reich / Chris Dillon, Esther von Richthofen ; [Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste]. Erfurt : Sutton, c2008.

 Als der Zug abfuhr : Rückblicke auf die Wende / Günter Grass. Göttingen : Steidl, c2009.

 Acht, neun, zehn / Arne Bellstorf. GRAPHIC NOVEL. Berlin : Reprodukt, 2006.

 A companion to the works of Johann Gottfried Herder / edited by Hans Adler and Wulf Koepke. Rochester, N.Y. : Camden House, 2009.

Constellations of reading : Walter Benjamin in figures of actuality / Carlo Salzani. Oxford ; New York : Peter Lang, c2009.

 Faustus and the promises of the new science, c. 1580-1730 : from the chapbooks to Harlequin Faustus / Christa Knellwolf King. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.

 Filmpropaganda für den Holocaust? : eine Studie anhand der Hetzfilme "Der ewige Jude" und "Jud Süss" / Christian Hardinghaus. Marburg : Tectum Verlag, c2008.

 Fucked / Text und Zeichnung, Reinhard Kleist ; Text, Roland Hueve. GRAPHIC NOVEL. Berlin : Reprodukt, 2001.

Die Goethezeit : Werke, Wirkung, Wechselbeziehungen : eine Festschrift für Wilfried Malsch / herausgegeben von Jeffrey L. High. Göttingen : Verlag von Schwerin, 2001.

 Die Hure H / Katrin De Vries, Anke Feuchtenberger. GRAPHIC NOVEL. Berlin : Reprodukt, 2003, c1997.

 International Faust studies : adaptation, reception, translation / edited by Lorna Fitzsimmons. London ; New York : Continuum, c2008.

 Die Kuckucke von Velika Hoča : eine Nachschrift / Peter Handke. Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, c2009.

  Liebe schaut weg / Line Hoven. GRAPHIC NOVEL. Berlin : Reprodukt, 2007.

 Meine Preise / Thomas Bernhard. Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 2009.

 Die Nacht, in der die Mauer fiel : Schriftsteller erzählen vom 9. November 1989 / herausgegeben von Renatus Deckert. Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, 2009.

 Raues Sitten : das Babybuch / Leo Leowald. GRAPHIC NOVEL. Berlin : Reprodukt, 2008.

 The staff room / by Markus Orths ; translated by Mike Mitchell. Original German title: Lehrerzimmer. Sawtry : Dedalus, 2008.

 Wetlands / Charlotte Roche ; translated from the German by Tim Mohr. Original German title: Feuchtegebiete. New York : Grove Press ; [s.l.] : distributed by Publishers Group West, c2009.

 Wider die Frau : zu Geschichte und Funktion misogyner Rede / herausgegeben von Andrea Geier und Ursula Kocher. Köln : Böhlau, 2008.

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

Olin Library's Summer Hours--May 7-Aug 25, 2009

Just a reminder that Olin Library's summer hours take effect today (May 7th). See below.

May 7 - August 25, 2009 Summer Schedule:

Monday-Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

8:30am - 10:00pm 8:30am - 6:00pm 9:00am - 5:00pm CLOSED

MEMORIAL DAY:

Monday, May 25

CLOSED

INDEPENDENCE DAY:

Friday, July 3 - Saturday, July 4

CLOSED

Sunday, August 23: OPEN, noon - 5pm

Brian's Office Hrs for Summer 2009--Thursdays, 2-3pm in Ridgley 123

My "drop-in" office hours this summer will be Thursdays, 2-3pm in Ridgley 123. I'm also available at other times. Note the change of location from this past semester.

• If you have questions about research and/or library services, stop by to ask.
• If you're at the dissertation stage and want to know what resources are available, stop by to ask.
• If you're a Research Assistant this summer and need assistance with faculty research projects, stop by to ask. 

New Princeton Encyc. of Poetry and Poetics--E-BOOK

New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 1993 edition, provides 'a comprehensive reference for those interested in the history of poetry or in any aspect of the technique or criticism of poetry. Provides surveys of national poetries; descriptions of poetic forms and genres; detailed explanations of the devices of prosody and rhetoric; and overviews of all major schools of poetry ancient and modern, Western and Eastern.' (from ebook homepage).

New DVDs, April 2009

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

Beowulf [videorecording] / Charles Morrow Productions LLC and Jon Aaron ; Other Media ; director, Stellan Olsson. DVD.

Joyless street [videorecording] / New Era National Pictures Limited ; directed by G.W. Pabst. DVD.

Lebenszeichen [videorecording] = Signs of life / written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog. DVD.

Linie 1 [videorecording] / Buch und Songs, Volker Ludwig ; Drehbuch, Volker Ludwig, Reinhard Hauff ; Regie, Reinhard Hauff. DVD (PAL), Region 2.  

Short films by Werner Herzog [videorecording] / a New Yorker Films release. DVD.

The white diamond [videorecording] / Marco Polo Film ; a film by Werner Herzog ; producer, Werner Herzog, Annette Scheurich, Lucki Stipetic ; writer, Werner Herzog ; original storyline, Rudolph Herzog, Annette Scheurich ; directed and narrated by Werner Herzog. DVD.

The wild blue yonder [videorecording] / Norm Hill, Peter Langs, and Carl Tostevin in conjunction with 518 Media, Inc. ; Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, West Park Pictures, Tetra Media co-production for BBC and France 2 ; by Werner Herzog. DVD.

 

 

New Books, April 16-30, 2009

D. Heinrich Müllers Geistliche Erquickstunden, oder, Dreyhundert Hausz- u. Tisch-Andachten : vor diesem eintzel in dreyen Theilen nach einander herauss gegeben : jetzo aber durch und durch wieder vermehret und in ein Wercklein auff vielfältiges Begehren zusammen getragen ; Sampt angehengtem Register ; auch Theologischen Bedencken von der Abgötterey der heutigen Maul-Christen und brüderlicher Bestraffung. Franckfurt am Mayn : Drucks und Verlags Balthasar Christoph Wusts, 1667.

 The dark side of love / Rafik Schami ; translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Original German title: Die dunkle Seite der Liebe. Northampton, Mass. : Interlink Books, 2009.

 Dokumente / Johann Nestroy ; herausgegeben von Walter Obermaier und Hermann Böhm. Wien : Deuticke, c2009.

 Every man dies alone / Hans Fallada ; translated by Michael Hofmann, with an afterword by Geoff Wilkes. Original German title: Jeder stirbt für sich allein. Brooklyn, N.Y. : Melville House Pub., c2009.

 Forgetful memory : representation and remembrance in the wake of the Holocaust / Michael Bernard-Donals. Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.

 Gellert und die empfindsame Aufklärung : Vermittlungs-, Austausch- und Rezeptionsprozesse in Wissenschaft, Kunst und Kultur / herausgegeben von Sibylle Schönborn und Vera Viehöver. Berlin : E. Schmidt, c2009.

Gina Kaus, Schriftstellerin und Öffentlichkeit : zur Stellung einer Schriftstellerin in der literarischen Öffentlichkeit der Zwischenkriegszeit in Österreich und Deutschland / Hildegard Atzinger. Frankfurt am Main ; New York : P. Lang, c2008.

 Grete Weil / Gastredaktion, Sibylle Schönborn. München : Edition Text + Kritik, 2009.

Leben und Werk von Friedrich Markus Huebner (1886-1964) : vom Expressionismus zur Gleichschaltung / Hubert Roland. Münster : Waxmann, 2009.

The life and death of Texas German / Hans C. Boas. Durham : Duke University Press for the American Dialect Society, 2009.

 The near and distant God : poetry, idealism and religious thought from Hölderlin to Eliot / Ian Cooper. London : Legenda, 2008.

Parallel narratives : function and form in the Munich illustrated manuscripts of Tristan and Willehalm von Orlens / Julia C. Walworth. London : King's College London, Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies, 2007.

 The post-office girl / Stefan Zweig ; translated from the German by Joel Rotenberg. New York : New York Review Books, c2008.

 Short letter, long farewell / by Peter Handke ; introduction by Greil Marcus ; translated by Ralph Manheim. New York : New York Review Books, c2009.

 Slow homecoming / Peter Handke ; translated by Ralph Manheim ; introduction by Benjamin Kunkel. Original German title: Langsame Heimkehr. New York : New York Review Books, [2009].

 Snowed under : an episodic novel / Antje Rávic Strubel ; translated from the German by Zaia Alexander. Original German title: Unter Schnee. Los Angeles : Red Hen Press, 2008.

 Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks / von Helmut Bernsmeier. Stuttgart : Reclam, 2008.

 Twentieth-century German poetry : an anthology / edited by Michael Hofmann. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.

 Der wahre Historiker : Ingeborg Bachmann and the problem of witnessing history / Caitríona Leahy. Würzburg : Königshausen & Neumann, c2007.

Wielands Werke : historisch-kritische Ausgabe : [Ossmannstedter Ausgabe] / herausgegeben von Klaus Manger und Jan Philipp Reemtsma. Berlin : De Gruyter, [2008-]

For additional titles, consult the New Title featured lists. For German literature titles, consult: Library News for German Studies : New Print Resources.

Germanistik Bibliography--ONLINE

Germanistik (0016-8912), the international bibliography published quarterly by Niemeyer is now available online. This is a very important resource as it organizes new publications by literary or topical period. One can easily get an overview of new publications for a particular area.

The Libraries still subscribe to the print version as well.