Franz Loquai

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Franz Loquai (* 1951 in Obergünzburg ) is a German German philologist, literary scholar and university professor.

Life

Loquai received his doctorate in 1984 from the University of Bamberg with a dissertation on “Artists and Melancholy. On the social situation of the artist in romantic prose ”. In 1992 he completed his habilitation there in modern German literature and was appointed to the University of Heidelberg . In 1995 the habilitation was extended.

His research areas include literature from the 18th to 20th centuries, especially romantic and contemporary literature. Otherwise he deals with literary reception, literary criticism and media analysis.

Publications (selection)

  • Franz Loquai with Reinhart Meyer, among others: Dada in Zurich and Berlin 1916–1920. Literature between revolution and reaction. Scriptor, Kronberg Ts 1973, ISBN 3-589-00031-7
  • Artists and Melancholy in Romanticism. 1984
  • Hamlet and Germany. 1993
  • Christoph Meckel. 1993. (Ed.)
  • From walking in literature. 1993
  • Gerhard Köpf. 1993. (Ed.)
  • ETA Hoffmann yearbook. 1992ff. (Ed. With Hartmut Steinecke and Steven Paul Scher)
  • ETA Hoffmann. Life views of the cat Murr. 1994 (ed.)
  • All the magic in this world. The most beautiful art fairy tales of German romanticism. 1994 (ed.)
  • ETA Hoffmann. The elixirs of the devil. 1995 (ed.)
  • Far from Home: WG Sebald. 1995 (ed.)
  • The literary scaffold. About literary criticism on television. 1995
  • ETA Hoffmann. Night pieces. 1996 (ed.)
  • The Alps. 1996 (ed.)
  • Rainer Maria Rilke. Stories from the good God. 1997 (ed.)
  • WG Sebald. 1997 (ed.)
  • Rainer Maria Rilke. The notes of Malte Laurids Brigge. 1998 (ed.)
  • Prosper Mérimée. Carmen. 1998. (Ed.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Loquai, Franz. In: Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar Online. De Gruyter. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Loquai, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Obergünzburg