Ireton / Schaumann Mountains and the German Mind

Translations from Gessner to Messner, 1541-2009
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78744-873-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 212, 370 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

The first scholarly English translations of thirteen vital texts that elucidate the central role mountains have played across nearly five centuries of Germanophone cultural history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ireton, Sean M.

Schaumann, Caroline

Weitere Mitwirkende

Schaumann, Caroline

Egan, Orfhlaith

Hooley, Dan

Jenkins, Jennifer

Weber, Christoph

Kopf, Martina

Franzel, Sean

Klenner, Jens

Wilms PhD, Wilfried

Peabody, Seth

Haque, Kamaal

Höbusch, Harald

Buchholz, Paul

Graml, Gundolf

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Deutsche Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Tourismus & Reise Reise & Urlaub: Führer, Landkarten, Pläne
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Changing Mountain Discourses - a Germanphone Perspective - Sean Ireton and Caroline Schaumann
Conrad Gessner, "Letter to Jacob Vogel on the Admiration of Mountains" (1541) and "Description of Mount Fractus, Commonly Called Mount Pilate" (1555) - Dan Hooley
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, The Natural History of Switzerland (1716) - Excerpts - Jennifer Jenkins
Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, The Natural History of Switzerland (1716) - Excerpts - Christoph Weber
Sophie von la Roche, Diary of a Journey Through Switzerland (1787) - Excerpts - Martina Kopf
G.W.F. Hegel, Travel Diary Through the Bernese Alps (1796) - Sean Franzel
Alexander von Humboldt, Failed Ascents of Antisana and Chimborazo - Two Excerpts from Travel Diaries (1802) - Caroline Schaumann
Hermann von Barth, From the Northern Limestone Alps (1874) - Excerpts - Sean Ireton
Georg Simmel, "Alpine Journeys" (1895) and "On the Aesthetics of the Alps" (1911) - Jens Klenner
Eduard Pichl, "Autobiographical Sketch" (1914) and "The Alpine Association and German Purity" (1923) - Wilfried Wilms
Leni Riefenstahl, Struggle in Snow and Ice (1933) - Excerpts - Seth Peabody
Arnold Fanck, He Directed Glaciers, Storms and Avalanches: A Film Pioneer Recounts (1973) - Excerpts - Kamaal Haque
Hans Ertl, My Wild Thirties (1982), Chapter 7: "The Film Gets Colorized - But the Himalaya Still Looks Bleak" - Harald Höbusch
Max Peintner, "The Dam" (1981) - Paul Buchholz
Reinhold Messner, Westwall: The Abyss Principle (2009) - Excerpts - Gundolf Graml
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ireton Sean M.:
SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of German and Russian at the University of Missouri.Franzel Sean:
SEAN FRANZEL is Associate Professor of German at the University of Missouri-Columbia, MO.Peabody Seth:
SETH PEABODY is Assistant Professor of German at Carleton College, MN.