Joseph Carl Schöpp
Joseph Carl Schöpp (* 1939 in Wagstadt ) is a German Americanist .
Life
He studied philosophy , Latin , English and American studies at the universities of Würzburg , Freiburg im Breisgau , Dublin and Yale . After receiving his doctorate in 1971 and habilitation in 1984 at the Free University of Berlin , he taught at the Free University of Berlin , the Universities of Mannheim , Tübingen and Stuttgart . He was a visiting professor at Purdue University . From 1989 until his retirement in 2004 he taught asProfessor (C4) for American Studies at the University of Hamburg .
His research interests are literature and culture of transcendentalism, American modernism and postmodernism.
Fonts (selection)
- Allen Tate . Tradition as a building principle of dualistic poetry. Treatises on art, music and literature . Bonn 1975, ISBN 3-416-01027-2 .
- Breaking out of mimesis. The American novel under the sign of postmodernism . Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7705-2596-5 .
- Bettina Friedl as editor: Deciphering the darkness of the past. Essays on American Literature . Trier 1999, ISBN 3-88476-381-4 .
- as editor with Martin Klepper : Transatlantic Modernism . Heidelberg 2001, ISBN 3-8253-1221-6 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schöpp, Joseph Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schöpp, Joseph C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Americanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wagstadt |