Heights of Reflection: Mountains in the German Imagination from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century

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Heights of Reflection

Mountains in the German Imagination from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century

Edited by: Sean M. Ireton and Caroline Schaumann
With contributions by: Albrecht Classen , Anthony Ozturk , Caroline Schaumann , Christof Hamman , Dan Hooley , Harald Hoebusch , Heather I. Sullivan , Johannes Turk , Olaf Berwald , Oliver Lubrich , Peter Arnds , Peter Höyng , Roger Cook , Sabine Wilke , Scott Denham , Sean Franzel , Sean M. Ireton and Wilfried Wilms PhD

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2012

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Volume 115 | Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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Examines the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century.

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Ireton Sean M. :

SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor of German in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Missouri.Schaumann Caroline :

CAROLINE SCHAUMANN is Professor and Chairperson of German Studies at Emory College, GA.Classen Albrecht :

ALBRECHT CLASSEN is University Distinguished Professor of German Studies at the University of Arizona; he received the title of Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions in 2017, in recognition of his outstanding service to German studies.Schaumann Caroline :

CAROLINE SCHAUMANN is Professor and Chairperson of German Studies at Emory College, GA.Berwald Olaf :

OLAF BERWALD is Department Chair of World Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and Professor of German at Middle Tennessee State University.Höyng Peter :

PETER HÖYNG is Professor of German at Emory University.Franzel Sean :

SEAN FRANZEL is Professor of German in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Missouri.Ireton Sean M. :

SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor of German in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Missouri.

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Literary Studies German Literature German Literature, general

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: The Meaning of Mountains: Geology, History, Culture Sean Ireton and Caroline Schaumann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Prelude: Classical Mountain Landscapes and the Language of Ascent Dan Hooley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
Part I: First Forays: Mountain Exploration and Celebration from the Middle Ages to the Eighteenth Century
Terra Incognita? Mountains in Medieval and Early Modern German Literature Albrecht Classen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
From Meadows to Mountaintops: Albrecht von Haller’s “Die Alpen” Caroline Schaumann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
Interlude: Geo-Poetics: The Alpine Sublime in Art and Literature, 1779–1860 Anthony Ozturk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Time and Narrative in the Mountain Sublime around 1800 Sean Franzel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Faust’s Mountains: An Ecocritical Reading of Goethe’s Tragedy and Science Heather I. Sullivan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	116
Spectacular Scenery and Slippery Descents: Narrating the Mountains of Tropical Polynesia Sabine Wilke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	134
Part II: Beckoning Heights: Summits Near and Far in the Nineteenth Century
Fascinating Voids: Alexander von Humboldt and the Myth of Chimborazo Oliver Lubrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
From Eros to Thanatos: Hiking and Spelunking in Ludwig Tieck’s Der Runenberg Peter Arnds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Geology, Mountaineering, and Self-Formation in Adalbert Stifter’s Der Nachsommer Sean Ireton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
“An Apparition from Another World”: The Mountains of the Moon and Kilimanjaro from the Perspective of Nineteenth-Century Germany Christof Hamann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Part III: Modern Expeditions and Evocations: Climbing from the Twentieth into the Twenty-First Century
Leaving the Summit Behind: Tracking Biographical and Philosophical Pathways in Richard Strauss’s Eine Alpensinfonie Peter Höyng Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Elevation and Insight: Thomas Mann’s Der Zauberberg Johannes Türk Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	248
“The Essence of the Alpine World Is Struggle”: Strategies of Gesundung in Arnold Fanck’s Early Mountain Films Wilfried Wilms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
“Mountain of Destiny”: The Filmic Legacy of Nanga Parbat Harald Höbusch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Spatial Orientation and Embodied Transcendence in Werner Herzog’s Mountain Climbing Films Roger Cook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	302
W. G. Sebald’s Magic Mountains Scott Denham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	320
Conflicting Ascents: Inscriptions, Cartographies, and Disappearance in Christoph Ransmayr’s Der fliegende Berg Olaf Berwald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	334
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Notes on the Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385

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June 1, 2012

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9781571138262

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406

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781571138262

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