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1 online resource |
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Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture |
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Studies in German literature, linguistics, and culture.
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Contents |
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 |
Summary |
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 |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 16, 2020) |
Subject |
German literature -- Translations into English
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Mountains -- Literary collections
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Mountaineering -- Literary collections
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European history.
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Environmentalist thought & ideology.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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German literature
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Mountaineering
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Mountains
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Genre/Form |
Literary collections
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Translations
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Ireton, Sean Moore, editor.
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Schaumann, Caroline, editor.
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ISBN |
1787448738 |
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9781787448735 |
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