Multilingualism

January 8, 2021August 12, 2021 Tom Bibliographic, Gender, German Outside Germany, Medieval, Multilingualism, Primary, Religion

Johanna Lanczkowski (ed.), Mystische Texte des Mittelalters (Stuttgart: Reclam, 1999).

This edition in modern German translation compiles some of the most important mystical writings of the medieval period, originally written in Latin and in Germanic languages, and including work by significant women writers. The works show the diversity of medieval Christian mysticism, including writers accused of heresy, demonstrate the complexity of medieval authorship and the … Continue reading Johanna Lanczkowski (ed.), Mystische Texte des Mittelalters (Stuttgart: Reclam, 1999).

January 8, 2021August 12, 2021 Tom Bibliographic, Gender, Medieval, Multilingualism, Primary, Religion

Mechthild von Magdeburg, Das fließende Licht der Gottheit: Auswahl (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2008).

Mechthild of Magdeburg (c. 1207-1282) was one of the most important writers and mystics of thirteenth-century Germany. Her work attracted significant attention in her lifetime and since, with Heinrich of Halle collecting her best known works into the seven-volume Das fließende Licht der Gottheit. The original Middle Low German writing has been lost, but numerous … Continue reading Mechthild von Magdeburg, Das fließende Licht der Gottheit: Auswahl (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2008).

January 8, 2021August 12, 2021 Tom Bibliographic, Gender, Medieval, Multilingualism, Primary, Religion

Elisabeth von Schönau, Werke (Paderborn: Schöningh, 2006)

First full edition in German of the works of Elisabeth of Schönau (1129-1164), a Benedictine ascetic and visionary, who corresponded with Hildegard of Bingen and whose visions were recorded in Latin. The writings raise important questions about gender and authorship, as many of her visions seem to have been written down by her brother Egbert. … Continue reading Elisabeth von Schönau, Werke (Paderborn: Schöningh, 2006)

January 7, 2021 Tom Bibliographic, Gender, Medieval, Multilingualism, Primary, Religion

Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim, Dulcitius. Abraham (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2005)

Hrotsvitha was one of the first women writers in German-speaking Europe whose works survive today. These two dramas deal with a range of Christian and Biblical topics. Dulcitius depicts the martyrdom of the early medieval women saints, Agape, Chione and Irene, and explores ideas of chastity and piety. The easily available Reclam version is a … Continue reading Hrotsvitha von Gandersheim, Dulcitius. Abraham (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2005)

February 26, 2020 Nicola 18th Century, 19th Century, Bibliographic, Multilingualism, Secondary

Li, Shuangzhi, ‘Konstruktion einer Seelenverwandtschaft als Beitrag zur Kanonbildung: Eine Betrachtung der Goethe-Auffassungen von deutschen Sinologen’, Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies, vol. 54, issue 2 (2018), pp. 231-246.

Suggested by Erica Zou.

February 19, 2020 Tom 1900-1945, 19th Century, Bibliographic, Gender, German Outside Germany, Jewishness, Multilingualism, Post-1945, Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Secondary

Cho, Joanne Miyang, and Douglas T. McGetchin (eds). Gendered Encounters between Germany and Asia: Transnational Perspectives since 1800 (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2017).

Cho and McGetchin's volume of essays explores how gender was at the centre of interactions between Germany and Asia (including India, China, Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Korea). Rather than see Western and Eastern cultures as diametrically opposed, the essays in the volume explore how German and Asian people negotiate gender in closely connected … Continue reading Cho, Joanne Miyang, and Douglas T. McGetchin (eds). Gendered Encounters between Germany and Asia: Transnational Perspectives since 1800 (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2017).

January 30, 2020 Rey Conquer 18th Century, 1900-1945, 19th Century, Bibliographic, German Outside Germany, Multilingualism, Post-1945, Race/Ethnicity

Kontje, Todd. Imperial Fictions: German Literature Before and Beyond the Nation-State (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2018)

Discussed in Karolina Wątroba’s blog post.

January 30, 2020 Rey Conquer 1900-1945, Bibliographic, German Outside Germany, Multilingualism, Post-1945, Race/Ethnicity

Kermani, Navid. Entlang den Gräbern. Eine Reise durch das östliche Europa bis nach Isfahan (Munich: Beck, 2018)

Mentioned in Karolina Wątroba's blog post.

September 25, 2019July 5, 2020 Rey Conquer 18th Century, 1900-1945, 19th Century, Bibliographic, Class, Early Modern, Medieval, Multilingualism, Post-1945, Primary, Race/Ethnicity, Religion, Secondary

Black Central Europe

https://blackcentraleurope.com Online resources for teaching the history of the Black Diaspora in German-speaking Central Europe 1000-today, including many literary sources, with lesson plans, as well as an interactive map and links to contemporary activist groups.