Gustav Blanke

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Gustav Heinrich August Blanke (born May 22, 1914 in Bad Salzuflen ; † September 26, 2001 in Speyer ) was a German Americanist.

Life

He studied German, English and history at the University of Bonn (1935–1936), at the University of Münster (1936–1938), at Miami University (1938–1939) and Ohio State University (1939–1941). After receiving his doctorate on April 15, 1942 in Münster , he was a research assistant at the University of Münster from 1946 to 1952 . From 1960 to 1961 he was a deputy professor at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg . After his habilitation at the University of Münster on February 26, 1962, he was professor in Münster from 1964 to 1968. From 1968 to 1973 he taught as a full professor at the Institute for English and American Studies at the Germersheim International and Interpreting Institute . From 1973 until his retirement in 1979 he was a full professor at the Department of English and American Studies at Faculty 23 Applied Linguistics.

Fonts (selection)

  • American spirit. Conceptual and verbal studies . Meisenheim am Glan 1956, OCLC 73263614 .
  • The American. A Socio-Linguistic Study . Meisenheim am Glan 1957, OCLC 905750309 .
  • America in the English literature of the 16th and 17th centuries . Bochum 1962, OCLC 459563103 .
  • Introduction to semantic analysis . Munich 1973, OCLC 797690314 .

literature

  • as editor Renate von Bardeleben : Ways of American Culture. Essays in honor of Gustav H. Blanke. Ways and byways of American culture . Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-631-42454-X .
  • Contemporary memories and experiences in Germany and America between 1933 and the beginning of a new democracy . Paderborn 1995, OCLC 37864753 .
  • From Nazism to the democratization of Germany. Memories and experiences 1933 to 1955 . Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-86064-892-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Blanke, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blanke, Gustav Heinrich August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Americanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Salzuflen
DATE OF DEATH September 26, 2001
Place of death Speyer