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In 1953, UNC Press and the UNC Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages and Literatures started the UNC Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures series. Over the next fifty years, the series published 127 monographs, anthologies, and critical editions. The series strove for breadth in its coverage of scholarship in the Germanic languages, covering an array of topics including medieval and modern literature, theater, linguistics, philology, onomastics, and the history of ideas. Despite the impact the books made in the field, the series was discontinued in 2004. With this project, these two partners, joined by the University of North Carolina...

In 1953, UNC Press and the UNC Department of Germanic & Slavic Languages and Literatures started the UNC Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures series. Over the next fifty years, the series published 127 monographs, anthologies, and critical editions. The series strove for breadth in its coverage of scholarship in the Germanic languages, covering an array of topics including medieval and modern literature, theater, linguistics, philology, onomastics, and the history of ideas. Despite the impact the books made in the field, the series was discontinued in 2004. With this project, these two partners, joined by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, will reissue the series in print and open access digital editions, making these books discoverable and accessible to a new generation of German studies scholars and students. Funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant HZ-265135-19

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111. Noble Lies, Slant Truths, Necessary Angels: Aspects of Fictionality in the Novels of Christoph Martin Wieland

Title Tesim:
Noble Lies, Slant Truths, Necessary Angels: Aspects of Fictionality in the Novels of Christoph Martin Wieland
Creator:
Shookman, Ellis
Date of publication:
1997
Abstract Tesim:
Using the nine novels of Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813) as case studies, Shookman explores the notion of fictionality both as a distinctive feature of the stories themselves and as a distinguishing characteristic of the fanciful notions, moral laws, political utopias, religious beliefs, and artistic concepts that they describe. The novels show readers why they should take fictions seriously, yet not literally—or how to suspend disbelief without suspending judgment. Shookman uses the concepts of imagination, ideals, and illusion to investigate how Wieland's novels define fiction, know its referents, and accept its truths. He places Wieland's use of fictionality in the evolution of the German novel, while also using his work to comment on academic and real world implications of fictionality.
Resource type:
Book
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/azf3-rp76
ISBN:
9781469656502
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
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Other Affiliation:
Person:
Shookman, Ellis
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
47429g08z
Subject:
German Literature and Poetry

112. The Elusiveness of Tolerance: The “Jewish Question” From Lessing to the Napoleonic Wars

Title Tesim:
The Elusiveness of Tolerance: The “Jewish Question” From Lessing to the Napoleonic Wars
Creator:
Erspamer, Peter R.
Date of publication:
1997
Abstract Tesim:
Peter Erspamer explores the 'Jewish question' in German literature from Lessing's "Nathan der Weise" in 1779 to Sessa's "Unser Verkehr" in 1815. He analyzes the transition from an enlightened emancipatory literature advocating tolerance in the late eighteenth century to an anti-Semitic literature with nationalistic overtones in the early nineteenth century. Erspamer examines "Nathan" in light of Lessing's attempts to distance himself from the excesses of his own Christian in-group through pariah identification, using an idealized member of an out-group religion as a vehicle to attack the dominant religion. He also focuses on other leading advocates of tolerance and explores changes in Jewish identity, particularly the division of German Jewry into orthodox Jews, adherents of the Haskalah, and converted Jews.
Resource type:
Book
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/2q7z-4p34
ISBN:
9781469656489
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Erspamer, Peter R.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
qv33s278f
Subject:
Jewish Studies and German Literature

113. General de Kalb, Lafayette's Mentor

Title Tesim:
General de Kalb, Lafayette's Mentor
Creator:
Zucker, A. E.
Date of publication:
1966
Abstract Tesim:
Originally published in 1966, A. E. Zucker presented the first modern biography of General de Kalb, a German by birth who held the rank of major general in the Continental Army and died at the Battle of Camden during the American Revolutionary War. Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette.
Resource type:
Book
Type:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/nkcy-nw69
ISBN:
9781469658759
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Zucker, A. E.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
0c483q004
Subject:
German literature

114. Ulrich von Liechtenstein's Service of Ladies

Title Tesim:
Ulrich von Liechtenstein's Service of Ladies
Creator:
Thomas, J.W.
Date of publication:
1969
Abstract Tesim:
This volume presents the first English translation of one of the most original literary products of the German medieval period. It is introduced with a sketch of the poet's life, an evaluation of his work as autobiography and as fiction, and a survey of the extensive criticism that has been devoted to it. Service of Ladies has been put into English not only as a significant document of its time and place, but more especially because it is a piece of literature which is perhaps as entertaining today as it was seven centuries ago when Ulrich was reciting it to the laughter and applause of the knights and ladies of his native Styria.
Resource type:
Book
Type:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/7c87-b397
ISBN:
9781469658520
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Thomas, J.W.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
fj236667t
Subject:
German literature

115. Whitman and Nietzsche: A Comparative Study of Their Thought

Title Tesim:
Whitman and Nietzsche: A Comparative Study of Their Thought
Creator:
Stavrou, C. N.
Date of publication:
1964
Abstract Tesim:
This volume will be a great aid to students and scholars alike in American literature, American thought, the history of ideas, and comparative literature. Stavrou draws from the entire bodies of work by Whitman and Nietzsche to explore the parallels in the authors' conceptions of paradox, the totality of life, and solitude among other themes in this exploration of the underlying philosophical similarities of these two great writers of the nineteenth century.
Resource type:
Book
Type:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/az1n-nh05
ISBN:
9781469658438
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Stavrou, C. N.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
x059cd06q
Subject:
German literature

116. Young Nietzsche and the Wagnerian Experience

Title Tesim:
Young Nietzsche and the Wagnerian Experience
Creator:
Love, Frederick R.
Date of publication:
1963
Abstract Tesim:
Using previously unpublished and neglected sources, this 1963 study of the critical decade in the philosopher's development that culminated in The Birth of Tragedy in 1871 fully exploited for the first time the extensive record of Nietzsche's musical compositions and clarifies his traditionally obscure relations to Wagner.
Resource type:
Book
Type:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/hr39-hm78
ISBN:
9781469657837
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Love, Frederick R.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
5t34sq30q
Subject:
German literature and Philosophy

117. Die zweite Wirklichkeit: Studien zum Roman des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts

Title Tesim:
Die zweite Wirklichkeit: Studien zum Roman des achtzehnten Jahrhunderts
Creator:
Kurth, Lieselotte E.
Date of publication:
1969
Abstract Tesim:
For eighteenth century readers, the contents of a novel were often perceived as part of reality. The first part of this study on the results of this view of literature is concerned both with the relevant German, French, and English criticism of the novel and the use of literature as a frame of reference in the poetry, drama, and prose writings of the day. The second part analyzes seven novels (among them Goethe's Werther and Meister) whose heroes were profoundly influenced by literature. The final section sketches the continuous presence of related themes, motifs, and narrative techniques in later novels with particular emphasis on Mann's Zauberberg.
Resource type:
Book
Type:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/6eqr-h745
ISBN:
9781469657769
Language Label:
German
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Kurth, Lieselotte E.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
7h149v70b
Subject:
German literature

118. Southern Scholars in Goethe's Germany

Title Tesim:
Southern Scholars in Goethe's Germany
Creator:
Krumpelmann, John T.
Date of publication:
1965
Abstract Tesim:
This treasury of enlightening information reveals the roles of youthful Southerners in academic, scholarly, and literary society in Weimar, Göttingen, Bonn, Berlin, Heidelberg, and Munich in the Golden Age of Germany. In this piece of German-American cultural history, Krumpelmann traces the paths and influence of young men from the American South who attended German universities in the age of Goethe. Discussed are Hugh Legaré, Jesse Burton Harrison, George Henry Calvert, Thomas Caute Reynolds, Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, James Woodrow, and others.
Resource type:
Book
Type:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/ec2r-bp11
ISBN:
9781469657684
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Krumpelmann, John T.
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
08612t21c
Subject:
Education, Higher

119. Gerhart Hauptmann's Before Daybreak: A Translation and an Introduction

Title Tesim:
Gerhart Hauptmann's Before Daybreak: A Translation and an Introduction
Creator:
Bauland, Peter
Date of publication:
1978
Abstract Tesim:
Before Daybreak, the first important drama of German naturalism, was also the first play of Gerhart Hauptmann, the most significant naturalist of the theater. This translation by Peter Bauland (originally published in 1978) is the first colloquially convincing English version that captures the several levels of diction in this seminal modern drama. It is preceded by a critical introduction by the translator which places the play in historical context and discusses its form and content.
Resource type:
Book
Type:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/2fpj-jm10
ISBN:
9781469657547
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Bauland, Peter
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
University of North Carolina Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
0k225g64z
Subject:
German literature

120. The Essence of Philosophy

Title Tesim:
The Essence of Philosophy
Creator:
Dilthey, Wilhelm
Date of publication:
1954
Abstract Tesim:
Wilhelm Dilthey (1833-1911), the great German humanist, remained a towering figure in Europe long into the twentieth century. Published in 1954, this translation by Stephen A. Emery and William T. Emery was the first English translation of Dilthey's Das Wesen der Philosophie (1907) as well as his first work to be translated completely into English, making Dilthey accessible to scholars of the English-speaking world.
Resource type:
Book
Type:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17615/vtyc-q364
ISBN:
9781469657417
Language Label:
English
License Label:
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
ORCID:
Other Affiliation:
Person:
Dilthey, Wilhelm
Publisher:
University of North Carolina Press
Rights Statement Label:
In Copyright
Series:
UNC Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures
Source:
wd376177v
Subject:
Philosophy