Alexander Pechmann

Alexander Pechmann (* 1968 in Vienna ) is an author , editor and translator of English-language literature.

Life

Alexander Pechmann studied American literature , sociology and psychology . He received his doctorate from the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences. The main focus of his work lies in the English and American literature of the 19th century.

Bibliography (selection)

Novels

• Seven lights. Novel. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2017, ISBN 978-3-95829-370-0 .
• The hooded crow. Novel. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-95829-583-4 .
• The tenth muse. Novel. Steidl Verlag, Göttingen 2020, ISBN 978-3-95829-715-9 .

Non-fiction

• Science as ideology - evolution theories in political and religious argumentation. Dissertation 1998.
• Herman Melville - Life and Work. 2003.
• Mary Shelley - Life and Work. 2006.
• The library of lost books. 2007. Structure, Berlin 2007 ISBN 978-3-351-02650-9 .

Editing and translations

• Beijing 1900: Paula von Rosthorn's memories of the Boxer Rebellion, March to August 1900 , 2001.
• Herman Melville : The Travel Diaries: With Letters and Documents , 2001.
• Herman Melville: John Marr and other sailors , with some seascapes and illustrations by Pascal Moëtta. Original text in the appendix. Mare Verlag, Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86648-149-7 .
• Mary Shelley : Escape from England: Travel Memories & Letters from Geneva 1814-1816 , 2002.
• Mary Shelley: Metamorphosis , 2003.
• Herman Melville: The Great Art of Telling the Truth: Of Whales, Poets, and Other Glories , 2005
• Mary Shelley: Frankenstein: The Original Version , 2006.
• William Butler Yeats : Ireland's Kingdom of Shadows , 2008.
• Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu : The Black Curtain: Eerie Crimes from Ancient Ireland , 2009.
• Mark Twain : Summer waves: a love in letters , Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 2010 ISBN 978-3-351-03303-3 .
• Mark Twain: The Most Beautiful Stories , 2010.
• Mark Twain: Post from Hawaii , Mare Verlag, Hamburg 2010 ISBN 978-3-86648-130-5 .
• Robert Louis Stevenson : The Light of the Rivers. A summer story , Aufbau Verlag, Berlin 2011 ISBN 978-3-351-03348-4 .
• Herman Melville: John Marr and other sailors , Mareverlag, Hamburg 2013 ISBN 978-3-86648-1497 . New edition mareverlag, Hamburg 2019 ISBN 978-3-86648-615-7 .
• James Fenimore Cooper : Ned Myers or A Life Before the Mast , Mareverlag, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86648-190-9 .
• Lafcadio Hearn : Chita , Roman. Jung and Jung Verlag , Salzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-99027-068-4 .
• Henry James : A lady of the world. A salon tale . Construction Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-351-03634-8 .
• Jack London : The Journey with the Snark. mareverlag, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86648-244-9 .
• Herman Melville: Typee . mareverlag, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-86648-614-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Alexander Pechmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Alexander Pechmann at perlentaucher.de