London German Studies
London German Studies VII: Traces of Trancendency. Religious Motifs in German Literature and Thought
January 1, 2001
Wer die Spuren des Transzendenten zu lesen versucht, fragt nach den Zeichen des Sinns in einer profan-nihilistisch gestimmten Welt. Der Homo religiosus ist in einer solchen Welt ein Exilant, gerade auch wenn er sich den Schrift-Zeichen des Göttlichen stellt. Als ein so verstandener Schrift-Steller steht er zwischen dem Heiligen und dem Profanen. Zum einen will er Mythen wiedererzählen und damit an archaisch-religiöse Traditionen erinnern, zum anderen geschieht dieses Erzählen nur noch reflektiert und gehört somit in den Bereich des Profanen. Schreiben versteht sich dabei als der Versuch, die Erfahrung von Sinnlosigkeit und Leere in unserem Dasein zu überwinden. Steht aber die Leere, die die Kunst so bereitwillig thematisiert, für ihre...
September 1, 1998
London German Studies VI focuses mainly on the traditional strengths
of German Studies in the United Kingdom, namely language and literature, and
yet the more deeply these subjects are explored, the clearer their interactions
with other disciplines become. The articles contained in the volume demonstrate
this process by engaging with issues of the social, cultural, political and
intellectual history of the German-speaking countries and communities of Europe,
and calling to mind the ‘Germanic' essence of the Institute of Germanic Studies and its title. They
treat questions of language and identity; national and regional culture; horticulture
and freemasonry; literature and literary heritage; literature and politics...
September 1, 1993
The papers comprised in London German Studies V were selected to give
an idea of the variety and vigour of British German Studies in the late 1980s
and early 1990s. All were given at the Institute of Germanic Studies, London,
during the period 1989-1993, but there are two distinct clusters of papers.
One derives from the Mozart symposium, held in January 1991, and two musicologists
and two literary scholars explore the extraordinary achievement of the composer.
The other reflects a time when the map of Germany and, with it, that of Europe
was re-drawn, hence it seemed right and proper that a number of papers should
be concerned with the GDR and its demise.
February 1, 1992
In common with its predecessors, contributions to this volume of London
German Studies are drawn largely from the papers given at the Institute
of Germanic Studies, London, and from its colloquia and seminars. The volume
opens with two inaugural lectures delivered within the University of London,
though not at the Institute itself, and the optimistic, since regenerative,
overtones of the genre are heightened here by the magisterial sweep of both.
Considerations of humanity, tolerance and realism underlie several papers. Donal
McLaughlin's paper was given at the very first meeting of the National Colloquium
in German Studies, held at the Institute in February 1987 and since a regular
feature of postgraduate life...
July 1, 1986
The thirteen critical studies assembled in this volume are a selection of the
papers delivered at the Institute of Germanic Studies, London, between 1983
and 1985, and represent a range of its scholarly activities. Two papers were
part of a colloquium held in November 1984 in association with the German School
at Richmond, to commemorate the sudden death of Uwe Johnson at Sheerness in
February that year. William Larrett's paper was given at one of the Institute's
Friday afternoon seminars, and J.P. Stern's was offered for discussion at its
staff and postgraduate discussion group. The remainder were delivered at the
Institute's traditional Thursday evening meetings.
June 1, 1983
Of the eleven papers which appear in this volume, all but two were delivered
between 1980 and 1983 at the Institute of Germanic Studies, London. Corbet Stewart's
and J.P. Stern's were read at the joint meeting, at Easter 1982, of the Conference
of University Teachers of German in Great Britain and Ireland and the English
Goethe Society at Queen Mary College, London. All, including the two written
on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Goethe's death, may be read as evidence
that, governmentally-induced alarm and despondency notwithstanding, the continuity
of German Studies in London is unimpaired.
October 1, 1980
The subject matter of the seven papers presented here as London German
Studies spans the period from about 1200 to the present day. All were delivered
at the Institute of Germanic Studies, London, between 1976 and 1980. Four of
the contributors are members of the University of London, who have been joined
by distinguished colleagues from the Universities of Graz, Manchester, and Stanford.