Hartmut Binder
Hartmut Binder (born July 22, 1937 in Schwäbisch Hall ) is a German Germanist who has researched mainly on Franz Kafka and German literature in Prague .
Life
From 1973 to 2000, Binder was professor of German literature at the Ludwigsburg University of Education . He has written numerous books and essays on German literature in Prague, for example on Oskar Baum , Rainer Maria Rilke , Johannes Urzidil , Franz Werfel , Ernst Weiß and above all on Franz Kafka.
His commentary volumes on Kafka's novels and stories and the Kafka Handbook (1979) which he edited are considered "standard works of research". In addition to numerous other books, Binder is the author of the extensive visual documentation "Kafka's World" published in 2008; in 2009 an extensive biography about Gustav Meyrink was published .
Fonts (selection)
- Kafkas Vienna. Portrait of a difficult relationship . Vitalis, Prague 2014, ISBN 978-3-89919-282-7 .
- Gustav Meyrink. A life under the spell of magic , Vitalis, Prague / Mitterfels 2009, ISBN 978-3-89919-078-6 .
- Kafka's world. A life chronicle in pictures , Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg: 2008, ISBN 978-3-498-00643-3 .
- Kafka's “metamorphosis”: origin, interpretation, effect . Stroemfeld, Frankfurt am Main / Basel 2004, ISBN 3-87877-855-4 .
- Prague. Literary walks through the Golden City , 3rd reviewed edition (1st edition under the title Literary Travel Prague ), Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-608-93361-1 .
- Where Kafka and his friends were guests: Prague coffee houses and entertainment venues in historical photo documents . Vitalis, Prague / Furth im Wald 2000, ISBN 3-934774-01-6 (Furth) / ISBN 80-85938-13-8 (Prague).
- (Ed.): Prague Profiles: Forgotten Authors in the Shadow of Kafka . Berlin: Mann 1991
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Kafka manual in two volumes . Kröner, Stuttgart 1979:
- Volume 1: Man and His Time , ISBN 3-520-81701-2 .
- Volume 2: The work and its effect , ISBN 3-520-81801-9 .
- Motif and design by Franz Kafka (= treatises on art, music and literary studies . Volume 37) Bouvier, Berlin, 1966, DNB 456115676 (dissertation Uni Tübingen November 8, 1966).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hartmut Binder in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Hartmut Binder at perlentaucher.de
- Page about Binder at Vitalis-Verlag, Prague
- Preface to the Meyrink biography (PDF; 58 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binder, Hartmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Germanist and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwäbisch Hall |