Max-Rainer Uhrig

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Max-Rainer Uhrig (* 1944 in Upper Franconia, Germany) is a German publicist, editor and private scholar.

Life

Max-Rainer Uhrig grew up in Upper Franconia . He passed the Abitur in 1964 at the Alexander von Humboldt Gymnasium in Schweinfurt . He studied German , Slavic , history and social studies at the University of Erlangen . He passed his state exams for teaching at grammar schools in 1971 and 1975. To the Dr. phil. he received his doctorate in 1973 from the University of Erlangen . From 1973 to 2002 he worked as a high school teacher.

Max-Rainer Uhrig had been a member of the Rückert Society since 1968 . He published numerous articles in the organ of the society, the "Rückert Studies" and worked as their co-editor. He gave lectures in Erlangen , Coburg , Schweinfurt , Haßfurt , Ebern and Heiligenstadt (Thuringia) . After reaching retirement he is scientifically active in Rückert research as well as with work on German-Slavic language and literature relations as well as the Russian development of Central Asia and sepulchral culture.

Works (selection)

Monographs and Editions
  • The image of the Slavs by Friedrich and Heinrich Rückert. A contribution to the change in the political self-image of the German bourgeoisie in the 19th century. (= Rückert studies. Volume 3). Rückert-Gesellschaft, Schweinfurt 1974, DNB 740803751 . (Diss. Erlangen 1973)
  • Rückert bibliography. A directory of the Rückert literature from 1813 to 1977. (= publications of the Rückert Society. Special volume ). Rückert-Gesellschaft, Schweinfurt 1979, DNB 790649489 .
  • Troubled idyll. Comparative interpretations of the poetry of Friedrich Rückert . Edited by Max-Rainer Uhrig. Ergon, Würzburg 1995, ISBN 3-928034-39-1 .
  • Max-Rainer Uhrig (text), Alexandre Sladkevich (photos): Ernst Jünger in the Caucasus - A Eurasian interlude. Ergon-Verlag, Würzburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89913-979-2 .
  • In the footsteps of the phoenix: On the cultural history of cremation. Ergon-Verlag, Würzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95650-268-2 .
  • On winding paths: Friedrich Rückert and Russia. Ergon-Verlag, Würzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-95650-600-0 .
Articles in magazines and compilations
  • The Rathenau murder and its contemporary history. In: Rathenau studies. Contributions to the life and work of Walther Rathenau. Schweinfurt 1986, pp. 7-31.
  • The Heldburger Land. Portrait of a Franconian-Thuringian transition zone. In: Franconia. Journal for Franconian regional studies and culture. Volume 42, No. 4, 1990, pp. 163-171.
  • Window to Russia. Konstantin Vaginov : goatsong. In: Young Freedom. No. 10, March 3, 2000.
  • Under the spell of the Russian fright. Heinrich Rückert's Byzantine-Asiatic Slavic legend. In: Russians and Russia from a German perspective. 19./20. Century: From the Bismarckian Period to the First World War. Edited by Mechthild Keller. Munich 2000, pp. 257-297.
Translations

Uhrig is the editor of Volumes 5–8 of the Rückert studies.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rückert studies on rueckert-gesellschaft.de, accessed on July 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ Rückert-Gesellschaft eV on schweinfurtfuehrer.de, accessed on July 17, 2017.
  3. ^ Result display "Friedrich-Rückert-Literatures 1813 to 2010. With special consideration of the holdings of the city archive of Schweinfurt and the Otto Schäfer Schweinfurt library" , German studies on the net, accessed on July 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ Max-Rainer Uhrig handed over a new work through Friedrich Rückert
  5. ↑ frankenland.franconica.uni-wuerzburg.de
  6. ↑ jungefreiheit.de
personal data
SURNAME Uhrig, Max-Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist, editor and private scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Upper Franconia