Library News for German Studies

New DVDs, June 2009

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

Adele Spitzeder [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Regie, Peer Raben ; Buch, Martin Sperr, Peer Raben. Originally released as a made for TV movie in 1972. DVD; Region 2.

Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Werner Herzog Film GmbH ; Regie und Buch, Werner Herzog. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. German and English audio. DVD; Region 2

Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant [videorecording] : ein Krankheitsfall / Arthaus ; Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation ; Regie und Buch, Rainer Werner Fassbinder ; Tango Film Produktion. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. DVD; Region 2

The doll [videorecording] : four amusing acts from a toy box / loosely based on "Wilner" by Hanns Kräly and Ernst Lubitsch ; Union ; directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin : from Schönhauser Allee to Hollywood / producer, Loy W. Arnold ; written and directed by Robert Fischer. German title: Die Puppe. The doll: silent film with English intertitles translated from the German. Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: English and German with English subtitles. DVD.

Ein grosser graublauer Vogel [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Regie, Thomas Schamoni ; Story & Buch, Thomas Schamoni, ... [et al.] ; eine Coproduktion der TS-Film, Thomas Schamoni & Prodi-Cinematografica. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. DVD, Region 2.

Ich liebe dich, ich töte dich [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Filmverlag der Autoren ; Buch, Regie, Produktion, Uwe Brandner. Originally released as a motion picture in 1970. DVD; Region 2

The idiots [videorecording] / written and directed by Lars von Trier; produced by Vibeke Windelov. Danish dialog with English subtitles. DVD.

Lebenszeichen [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Werner Herzog Film GmbH ; Buch, Regie, Produktion, Werner Herzog. Originally released as a motion picture in 1968. DVD, Region 2.

Murnau, Borzage and Fox [videorecording] / a Cloverland Production ; writer, Steven Smith ; produced and directed by John Cork and Lisa van Eyssen. "When William Fox brought German Expressionist F.W. Murnau to Fox, a period of artistic freedom and experimentation began. Murnau's techniques were studied by Fox's roster of directors, including John Ford, Raoul Walsh and most notably, Frank Borzage"--Container. Documentary film. DVD.

La ronde [videorecording] / Euro-London Films ; Cofradis ; a film by Max Ophuls ; adaptation by Jacques Natanson and Max Ophuls ; dialogue Jacques Natanson. Based on the play, Reigen, by Arthur Schnitzler. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950. French with optional English subtitles. DVD.

Sumurun [videorecording] : an oriental play in six acts / adapted by Hanns Kräly and Ernst Lubitsch ; directed by Ernst Lubitsch. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1920. Silent film with English intertitles translated from the German .DVD.

Tschetan, der Indianerjunge / [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Buch und Regie, Hark Bohm. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. DVD; Region 2;

Warum läuft Herr R. amok? [videorecording] / Arthaus ; Regie und Buch, Michael Fengler und Rainer Werner Fassbinder.  Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. DVD, Region 2.

The wildcat [videorecording] : a grotesque in four acts / by Hanns Kräly and Ernst Lubitsch ; directed by Ernst Lubtisch. Silent film with English intertitles, translated from the original German. Originally premiered on film in 1921. DVD.

New Books, June 16-30, 2009

Aus dem Leben einer Frau / Louise Aston. Berlin : Zenodot, 2007.

 Beyond Vienna : contemporary literature from the Austrian provinces / edited by Todd C. Hanlin. Riverside, Calif. : Ariadne Press, 2008.

 Deutsch-deutsches Literaturexil : Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller aus der DDR in der Bundesrepublik / herausgegeben von Walter Schmitz und Jörg Bernig. Dresden : Thelem, 2009.

 Deutsches Theater / Benjamin v. Stuckrad-Barre. Köln : Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2008.

 Existenzproblematik und Erzählstrategie : Studien zum parabolischen Erzählen in der Kurzprosa von Ernst Weiß / Christiane Dätsch. Tübingen : Max Niemeyer, 2009.

 Flight of fantasy : new perspectives on inner emigration in German literature, 1933-1945 / edited by Neil H. Donahue and Doris Kirchner. New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.

 Die Herrenwitz-Variationen / Mahler. Zürich : Edition Moderne, c2008. GRAPHIC NOVEL.

 Inzest und Tabu : Ingeborg Bachmanns "Malina" gelesen nach den Regeln der Kunst / Jutta Schlich. Sulzbach/Taunus : U. Helmer, c2009.

 Jenseits von Frisch und Dürrenmatt : Raumgestaltung in der gegenwärtigen Deutschschweizer Literatur / herausgegeben von Dariusz Komorowski. Würzburg : Königshausen & Neumann, c2009.

 Die Kultur der 30er und 40er Jahre / Werner Faulstich (Hrsg.). München : Fink, c2009.

Lydia / Louise Aston. Berlin : Zenodot, 2007.

Publishing in exile : German-language literature in the U.S. in the 1940s / edited by Paul North ; with a contribution by Wulf Koepke. New York : Goethe-Institut, [2009]

 Revolution und Contrerevolution / Louise Aston. Berlin : Zenodot, 2007.

 Das Selbstexperiment / Matthias Gnehm. Zürich : Edition Moderne, c2008.

Teaching world literature / edited by David Damrosch. New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009.

 Van Helsing macht blau / Mahler. Berlin : Reprodukt, 2008. GRAPHIC NOVEL.

 Versprengte Gemeinschaft : Kriegsroman und intellektuelle Mobilmachung in Deutschland 1914-1933 / Matthias Schöning. Göttingen : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, c2009.

 

 Wim Wenders / edited by Jason Wood and Ian Haydn Smith. London : Axiom Books, 2008.

 Women and marriage in German medieval romance / D.H. Green. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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

New Faculty & Grad Student Orientation/Reception, Aug. 25, 2:45-5pm in Olin Library

The New Faculty & Graduate Student Orientation/Reception will be held Tuesday, August 25, 2009 from 2:45-5pm in Olin Library. Registration is from 2:45-3:00pm. Get a tour of Olin Library, demos of library databases, and meet your subject librarian (me). Refreshments served.

The "Getting Started at the WU Libraries for Graduate Students in Germanic Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature" webpage has also been updated. If you're new to WU, please take a look at this.

Brian Vetruba, Germanic Studies Librarian, bvetruba@wustl.edu; 935-4824

WU Libraries Changing to WUSTL CONNECT next few weeks--DONE

Over the next few weeks, the Libraries will be reconfiguring most of our automated systems to work with WUSTL CONNECT.

With your WUSTL KEY, you will be able to:

•    Login to any public computer in the Libraries
•    Connect to the proxy server from off-campus
•    Manage your library account through My Catalog
•    Renew or request books
•    Search for and retrieve articles
•    Order materials through MOBIUS and Interlibrary Loan (ILLiad)
•    Access online course reserves

More info.

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