Echo and Disguise: Studies in German and Comparative Literature (Forschungen Zur Literatur -- Und Kulturgeschichte, Bd 22)
(The nine studies contained in this volume are devoted to ...)
The nine studies contained in this volume are devoted to German and comparative literature and to cultural history and the history of ideas. They are centered, on the one hand, upon the oeuvre and influence of Friedrich Nietzsche and, on the other, upon the work of Bertolt Brecht. Each author is discussed in the context of world literature, with special emphasis on his relationship to England and the United States. Additional aspects include problems of translation and reception as well as theory and Imagologie, plus philosophical and theological questions.
(Long in preparation and in considerable demand, here are ...)
Long in preparation and in considerable demand, here are the essential poems and prose of one of the giants of 20th century world literature. Following an authoritative introduction by Reinhold Grimm, the volume includes German and English poems on facing pages.
(This collection features a cogent introduction and includ...)
This collection features a cogent introduction and includes representative poems by some 60 modern poets, including Ingeborg Bachmann, Gottfried Benn, Berthold Brecht, Paul Celan, Gnnter Eich, Gnnter Grass, Georg Heym, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Franz Kafka, Gnnter Kunert, Gertrud Kolmar, Friederike Mayr÷cker, Rainer Maria Rilke, Nelly Sachs, and many others.
Reinhold Grimm was born on May 21, 1931, in Nuremberg, Germany, son of Eugen and Anna (Käser) Grimm. He died March 5, 2009, in Riverside, California. He was survived by his wife, Anneliese, his daughter, Sabine Goldberg, his son-in-law, Gary, and his two grandsons, Daniel and Matthew.
Education
Student, University Erlangen, Germany, 1951-1956;
Doctor of Philosophy, University Erlangen, Germany, 1956;
student, University Colorado, 1952-1953;
Doctor honoris causa, Georgetown University, 1988.
Career
Faculty German literature, U. Erlangen, 1957-1961;
Faculty German literature, U. Frankfurt, Germany, 1961-1967;
visiting professor, Columbia, also New York University, spring 1967;
visiting professor, University of Virginia, fall 1978;
Alexander Hohlfeld professor German, University of Wisconsin, 1967-1980;
Vilas professor comparative literature and German, University of Wisconsin, 1980-1990;
presidential professor German and comparative literature, University of California, Riverside, 1990-1992;
distinguished professor German and comparative literature, University of California, Riverside until retirement in 2003.
Member Institute for Research in Humanities, University of Wisconsin, spring 1981.
Member American Association Teachers German (honorary, president 1974-1975), Gottfried-Ben-Gesellschaft (honours), Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.
Connections
Married Anneliese E. Schmidt, September 25, 1954. 1 daughter, Ruth Sabine.
Father:
Eugen Grimm
Mother:
Anna (Käser) Grimm
Spouse:
Anneliese E. Schmidt
References
FESTSCHRIFT FUR REINHOLD GRIMM «Was in den alten Büchern steht...»: Neue Interpretationen von der Aufklärung zur Moderne«Was in den alten Büchern steht...»: Neue Interpretationen von der Aufklärung zur Moderne (Frankfurt: Peter Lang)
Dieser Band, eingeleitet mit Gedichten von Angelika Jakob, vereint fünfzehn Aufsätze in englischer und deutscher Sprache zur deutschen Kultur und Literatur von der Aufklärung bis zur Moderne. Die Verfasser sind zumeist prominente amerikanische und deutsche Germanisten. Die Themen reichen von der Aufklärung zur Weimarer Republik, vom Phantastischen zum zeitgenössischen Sonett, von neuen Geschichtskonzepten im Zeitroman zur Prosa einer postliterarischen Gesellschaft. Einzelthemen befassen sich mit Liszt und Musik, Löbels Conversationslexikon, Pollaks Galileo, Büchners Dantons Tod, Jurek Beckers Bronsteins Kinder, Brechts Geschichte der Simone Machard, Chamissos Schlemihl, Kafkas Tierfabeln sowie Werken von Achternbusch, Bense und Sebald.
Recipient Förderungspreis der Stadt Nürnberg, 1964. Guggenheim fellow, 1969-1970. Hilldale award, 1988, Elisabeth Fraser deBussy Prose prize, 2002, Emeritus award University Riverside, 2008-2009.
Recipient Förderungspreis der Stadt Nürnberg, 1964. Guggenheim fellow, 1969-1970. Hilldale award, 1988, Elisabeth Fraser deBussy Prose prize, 2002, Emeritus award University Riverside, 2008-2009.