Gerald Sommer

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Gerald Sommer (born May 27, 1963 in Karlsruhe ) is a German specialist in German . He is one of the best experts on Heimito von Doderer's work and works as a freelance writer , editor and editor .

Life

After graduating from the Kant-Gymnasium in Karlsruhe, he studied German , Italian and history at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and the Free University of Berlin . In 1999 he was awarded the doctoral thesis “Technical Means - Fragments of the Poetics of the Writing Craft. Depicted in the narrative works of Heimito von Doderer “ at the University of Vienna for Dr. phil. PhD .

Sommer is co-founder and since 2008 chairman of the Heimito von Doderer Society, whose deputy chairman he has been since 2000. He published monographs , edited volumes and numerous essays on the work of the Austrian author. The main focus of his academic work is the edition of texts from Doderer's estate, research into the narrative design of his works and his position on National Socialism .

Sommer lives in Berlin .

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Editions

  • Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler / Martin Loew-Cadonna / Gerald Sommer (eds.): Heimito von Doderer: Diaries 1920 - 1939. Munich: CH Beck 1996 ( ISBN 3-406-40409-X ).
  • Heimito von Doderer / Hermann Swoboda: Correspondence 1936–1963. Ed. U. come over. v. Gerald Sommer. In: Kai Luehrs-Kaiser / Gerald Sommer (eds.): "Wings and Extreme": Aspects of the intellectual development of Heimito von Doderer (writings of the Heimito von Doderer Society; 1). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 1999 ( ISBN 3-8260-1514-2 ), pp. 11–47.
  • Heimito von Doderer: Three letters from Heimito von Doderer's short prose. Ed. U. come over. v. Gerald Sommer. In: Gerald Sommer / Kai Luehrs-Kaiser (eds.): “Shots into the Finstere”: To Heimito von Doderer's short prose (writings of the Heimito von Doderer Society; 2). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2001 ( ISBN 3-8260-2076-6 ), pp. 13-22.
  • Heimito von Doderer: Two versions of Heimito von Doderer's "The Lark". Ed. U. come over. v. Gerald Sommer. In: Gerald Sommer / Kai Luehrs-Kaiser (eds.): “Shots into the Finstere”: To Heimito von Doderer's short prose (writings of the Heimito von Doderer Society; 2). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2001 ( ISBN 3-8260-2076-6 ), pp. 23–41.
  • Heimito von Doderer: Letter to Horst Wiemer from March 4, 1952. Ed. Gerald Sommer. In: Heinz Ludwig Arnold (ed.): Heimito von Doderer. Munich: edition text + kritik 2001 (TEXT + KRITIK; 150) ( ISBN 3-88377-664-5 ), p. 30f.
  • Heimito von Doderer: Materials on the octopus theme in Heimito from Doderer's novel The Demons. Ed. U. come over. v. Gerald Sommer. In: Gerald Sommer (Ed.): Alleys and landscapes: Heimito von Doderer's "Demons" viewed from the center and from the edge (writings of the Heimito von Doderer Society; 3). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2004 ( ISBN 3-8260-2921-6 ), pp. 15-23.
  • Heimito von Doderer: "Aide mémoire to: 'The demons of the Ostmark'". Ed. U. come over. v. Gerald Sommer. In: Gerald Sommer (Ed.): Alleys and landscapes: Heimito von Doderer's "Demons" viewed from the center and from the edge (writings of the Heimito von Doderer Society; 3). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2004 ( ISBN 3-8260-2921-6 ), pp. 39–72.
  • Heimito von Doderer: Studies and Extremas. From the sketchbooks of the years 1923–1939. Ed. v. Gerald Sommer u. Martin Brinkmann . In: Sinn und Form 6/2006 ( ISSN  0037-5756 ), pp. 765-781.

Monographs

  • Gerald Sommer: On the “sense of all metaphorics”. On the function of complex picture designs in Heimito from Doderer's novel “Die Strudlhofstiege” - depicted on the basis of an interpretation of the development of the characters Mary K. and Melzer. Frankfurt a. M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang 1994 (European University Papers: Series 1, German Language and Literature; 1452) ( ISBN 3-631-46506-8 ).
  • Gerald Sommer: Heimito von Doderer: "Technical means". Fragments of a poetics of the writing trade (on the recent literature of Austria; 21). Vienna: Braumüller 2006 ( ISBN 3-7003-1572-4 ).

Anthologies

  • Gerald Sommer / Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler (eds.): “First you break windows. Then you become one yourself. ”For Heimito von Doderer's 100th birthday. Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press 1997 ( ISBN 1-57241-048-5 ).
  • Kai Luehrs-Kaiser / Gerald Sommer (eds.): "Wings and Extreme": Aspects of the intellectual development of Heimito von Doderer (writings of the Heimito von Doderer Society; 1). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 1999 ( ISBN 3-8260-1514-2 ).
  • Gerald Sommer / Kai Luehrs-Kaiser (eds.): "Shots into the Finstere": To Heimito von Doderer's short prose (writings of the Heimito von Doderer Society; 2). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2001 ( ISBN 3-8260-2076-6 ).
  • Gerald Sommer (Ed.): "Modus vivendi". On the back and forth of the poet Heimito von Doderer. Landshut: Stadt Landshut 2003 ( ISBN 3-927612-16-2 ).
  • Gerald Sommer (Ed.): Alleys and landscapes: Heimito von Doderer's "Demons" viewed from the center and from the edge (writings of the Heimito von Doderer Society; 3). Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann 2004 ( ISBN 3-8260-2921-6 ).

Other publications (selection)

  • Kai Luehrs [-Kaiser] / Gerald Sommer: “Traveled after catharsis. Heimito von Doderer and National Socialism ”. In: Christiane Caemmerer / Walter Delabar (eds.): Poetry in the Third Reich? On literature in Germany 1933-1945. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1996 ( ISBN 3-531-12738-1 ), pp. 53-75.
  • Gerald Sommer: “Doderer and Weininger . Notes on the productive reception of highly questionable ideologems ”. In: Kai Luehrs [-Kaiser] (Ed.): “Excentric deployments”: studies and essays on the work of Heimito von Doderer. Berlin - New York: de Gruyter 1998 ( ISBN 3-11-015198-7 ), pp. 292-301.
  • Gerald Sommer: “Scapegoat and whipping boy. Anti-Semitism and Anti-Bechevism in Heimito von Doderer ”. In: Kai Luehrs (ed.): “Excentric insertions”: studies and essays on the work of Heimito von Doderer. Berlin - New York: de Gruyter 1998 ( ISBN 3-11-015198-7 ), pp. 39-51.
  • Gerald Sommer: " Basil - Doderer - Gütersloh : Small treatise on two cathets and a hypotenuse". In: Volker Kaukoreit / Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler (eds.): Otto Basil and literature around 1945. Tradition - continuity - new beginning. Vienna: Zsolnay 1998 (Profile 1 (1998), no. 2) ( ISBN 3-552-04894-4 ), pp. 37-55.
  • Gerald Sommer: “The author as a calligrapher. On Heimito von Doderer's handwriting ”. In: Wilhelm Hemecker (Ed.): Handwriting. Vienna: Zsolnay 1999 (Profile 2 (1999), no. 4) ( ISBN 3-552-04947-9 ), pp. 71-84.
  • Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler / Gerald Sommer: "Heimito von Doderer: Historical-critical edition of the 'demons'". In: Bernhard Fetz / Klaus Kastberger (eds.): From the first to the last hand. Theory and Practice of the Literary Edition. Vienna u. Bozen: Folio 2000 ( ISBN 3-85256-155-8 ), pp. 121-127.
  • Gerald Sommer: “The Bachmann case . On a letter from Heimito von Doderers to his editor Horst Wiemer ”. In: Heinz Ludwig Arnold (ed.): Heimito von Doderer. Munich: edition text + kritik 2001 (TEXT + KRITIK; 150) ( ISBN 3-88377-664-5 ), pp. 32–36.
  • Gerald Sommer: "So the two of them ran around there on the sand". For the representation of sport and games in the works of Heimito von Doderer. In: Heinz Ludwig Arnold (ed.): Heimito von Doderer. Munich: edition text + kritik 2001 (TEXT + KRITIK; 150) ( ISBN 3-88377-664-5 ), pp. 79–89.
  • Gerald Sommer: "'En guise de somnifère' - au cours d? Une 'beuverie' - 'pour se remettre en selle': toutes les occasions sont bonnes pour boire. La consommation d'alcool et ses conséquences dans l'oeuvre de Heimito by Doderer ". In: Hélène Barrière / Nathalie Peyrebonne (eds.): L'ivresse dans tous ses états en littérature. Arras: Artois Presses Université 2004 (Lettres et civilizations étrangères) ( ISBN 2-84832-016-8 ), pp. 35–54.
  • Gerald Sommer: “In the past of fiction, the future is already history. Open and hidden future prospects in Heimito from Doderer's novel 'The Demons' ”. In: Thomas Köhler / Christian Mertens (ed.): Palace of Justice in Flames. A burning bush. The work of Manès Sperber , Heimito von Doderer and Elias Canetti in view of July 15, 1927. Vienna a. Munich: Verlag für Geschichte und Politik / Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag 2006 ( ISBN 3-486-57937-1 ), pp. 151–164.

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personal data
SURNAME Summer, Gerald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe