Alfred Behrmann

Alfred Behrmann (born February 21, 1928 in Berlin ) is a German literary scholar and university professor.

Life

Behrmann studied German and English in Berlin and Philadelphia (USA). In 1956 he received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin .

He then taught Modern German Philology at the FU until 1993 , initially as an academic adviser, then as a university professor without an actual habilitation.

Behrmann initially specialized in writing a series of handbooks on subjects from German and literary studies. He has also published in the field of comparative literature and translated English literature from the 18th century ( Aphra Behn and Henry Fielding ).

In 2010 he published Umrisse at Königshausen & Neumann . Small drawings according to the moral nature .

Publications (selection)

(with Joachim Wohlleben ): Georg Büchner : Danton's death . A drama analysis . 1980.
Alfred Behrmann: Introduction to the analysis of prose texts . Metzler Collection 1967 (further editions 1968; 1971; 1975; 1982)
Alfred Behrmann: Introduction to the newer German verse. From Luther to the present . Metzler Collection, Stuttgart 1990.
Alfred Behrmann: Worlds of Words. Small writings on language and literature . 1st edition Berlin: Weidler 2002. In it: Bibliography Alfred Behrmann 1956 to 2002, pp. 381–389.

Honors

Klaus Deterding (Ed.): Perceptions in the poetic universe. Festschrift for Alfred Behrmann on his 65th birthday . Contributions to Modern Literature History, Series 3/129. Carl Winter, Heidelberg 1993.

Web links

Literature by and about Alfred Behrmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Literature by and about Alfred Behrmann in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar, Volume 2, p. 182.

Individual evidence

↑ Treatises of the Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education e. V. Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education, 1964, p. 98.
^ The work of Alfred Mombert in the mirror of his interpreters and critics , Maschinenschr. Berlin, FU, Philosophical Faculty, Diss. Jan. 9, 1956, III, 89 pp.
↑ The Tramontane or the Journey to the Promised Land. German writers in Italy 1755–1808. Heidelberg: Univ.-Verl. Winter, 1996. 214 S. Contributions to the recent history of literature, ISSN 0179-4027; ZDB ID: 5395215; Episode 3, 145
^ Swiss Monthly Issues: Journal for Politics, Economy, Culture, Vol. 49 (1969–1970), Issue 4: Writers and Politics
^ The emperor of the moon = The emperor of the moon (Aphra Behn); The tragedy of tragedies or the life and death of Tom Thumb the Great. The Tragedy of Tragedies or Life and Death Tom Thumb Thumb the Great (Henry Fielding); 2 English farces, translated, explained and each with an afterword, bilingual ed. by Alfred Behrmann. Athenäum-Verlag Frankfurt a. Main 1973.

personal data
SURNAME	Behrmann, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pfeiffer, Albrecht
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philologist and professor emeritus
DATE OF BIRTH	February 21, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin

[1] Treatises of the Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education e. V. Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education, 1964, p. 98.

[2] The work of Alfred Mombert in the mirror of his interpreters and critics , Maschinenschr. Berlin, FU, Philosophical Faculty, Diss. Jan. 9, 1956, III, 89 pp.

[3] The Tramontane or the Journey to the Promised Land. German writers in Italy 1755–1808. Heidelberg: Univ.-Verl. Winter, 1996. 214 S. Contributions to the recent history of literature, ISSN 0179-4027; ZDB ID: 5395215; Episode 3, 145

[4] Swiss Monthly Issues: Journal for Politics, Economy, Culture, Vol. 49 (1969–1970), Issue 4: Writers and Politics

[5] The emperor of the moon = The emperor of the moon (Aphra Behn); The tragedy of tragedies or the life and death of Tom Thumb the Great. The Tragedy of Tragedies or Life and Death Tom Thumb Thumb the Great (Henry Fielding); 2 English farces, translated, explained and each with an afterword, bilingual ed. by Alfred Behrmann. Athenäum-Verlag Frankfurt a. Main 1973.