Michael S. Batts

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Michael S. Batts ( Michael Stanley Batts , born August 2, 1929 in Mitcham , England, † January 16, 2014 in Vancouver ) was a German studies scholar and professor at the University of British Columbia . The focus of his research was the German-language literature of the Middle Ages .

Life

After a bachelor's degree at King's College in London in 1952, Batts received his doctorate in 1957 at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. After working in Mainz, Basel, Würzburg and Berkley, he became a member of the Department of German Studies at the University of British Columbia in 1959. He was executive director of this institute from 1968 to 1980, president of the "Canadian Association of University Teachers of German", editor of the magazine "Seminar" (1970-1980), member of the Royal Society of Canada and from 1990 to 1995 President of the International Association for German Studies . Michael S. Batts retired in 1994.

Batts was married to Misao Miriam Batts, born in 1959. Yoshida. The couple had a daughter, Anna.

research

A large-format synoptic edition of the manuscripts of the Nibelungenlied came from Michael S. Batts in 1971 . The edition gives the text of the three most important manuscripts in a separate column and the relevant deviations ("readings") of the other manuscripts in a fourth column. In 1993 a "History of German Literature Stories " was published, covering the period from 1835 to 1914. In 1998 an overview of the history of German studies at Canadian universities was published.

Fonts (selection)

  • The form of the Aventiurs in the Nibelungenlied . (Contributions to German Philology 29) Schmitz, Gießen 1961 (also Diss. Phil. Freiburg 1957)
  • Studies on Brother Hansen's Songs of Mary . (Sources and research on the linguistic and cultural history of the Germanic peoples NF 14) de Gruyter, Berlin 1964
  • Tristan and Isolde in Modern Literature: L'éternel retour, in: "Seminar. A Journal of Germanic Studies," 5, 2, September 1969, University of Toronto Press doi: 10.3138 / sem.v5.2.79
  • The Nibelungenlied. Parallel printing of the manuscripts A, B and C together with the readings of the other manuscripts . Niemeyer, Tübingen 1971
  • Ed. With Anthony W. Riley, Heinz Wetzel : Echoes and Influences of German Romanticism . Essays in honor of Hans Eichner. Peter Lang, Bern 1987
  • A history of histories of German literature, 1835-1914 . McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal 1993
  • A brief survey of Germanic studies at Canadian universities from beginnings to 1995 . (Canadian Studies on German Language and Literature, 44) Peter Lang, Bern 1998

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for Michael S. Batts on the University of British Columbia website , accessed February 28, 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Batts, Michael S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Batts, Michael Stanley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Germanist and Medievalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitcham , London
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2014
Place of death Vancouver