Marc Föcking
Marc Föcking (born December 25, 1962 in Eschwege ) is a German Romance studies and literary scholar .
After graduating from high school, Föcking studied Romance languages, German and philosophy at the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck in Bonn, Munich and Milan. In 1994 he received his doctorate in Berlin with a dissertation on the religious poetry of the Italian Baroque poet Angelo Grillo , and in 1999 he completed his habilitation there in Romance Philology with a thesis on the relationship between French literature and science in the 19th century. Since 2003 Föcking has been Professor of French and Italian Literature at the University of Hamburg . The Academy of Sciences in Göttingen he belongs since 2013 as a full member.
Marc Föcking is married to Friederike Föcking and has two children with her.
Fonts
Monographs
- Rime sacre and the genesis of the baroque style. Studies on the history of the style of sacred lyric poetry in Italy 1536-1614 (= text and context. Vol. 12). Steiner, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-515-06352-8 .
- Pathologia litteralis. Narrated science and scientific storytelling in the French 19th century (= Romanica Monacensia. Vol. 63). Narr, Tübingen 2002, ISBN 3-8233-5613-5 .
Editorships
- with Bernhard Huss : Varietas and ordo. On the dialectic of diversity and unity in the Renaissance and Baroque (= text and context. Vol. 18). Steiner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-515-08258-1 .
- with Volker Steinkamp : Giacomo Leopardi. Poetry and science in the early 19th century (= Romance studies. Vol. 12.). Lit, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-6555-X .
- with Gernot Michael Müller : Demarcation and synthesis. Latin poetry and vernacular traditions in the Renaissance and Baroque periods (= Germanic-Romance monthly. Supplement 31). Winter, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-8253-5393-3 .
- with Astrid Böger : James Bond. Anatomy of a myth (= contributions to recent literary history. Vol. 289). Winter, Heidelberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-8253-5878-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Marc Föcking in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page from Föcking at the University of Hamburg
- Article by Föcking on Mary Shelley and Giacomo Leopardi in Philology in the Net
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Foecking, Marc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romance studies and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eschwege |