Richard Brinkmann

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Richard Brinkmann (born June 16, 1921 in Elberfeld , today Wuppertal , † November 2, 2002 in Tübingen ) was a German specialist in German .

Life

Richard Brinkmann, born in Elberfeld, devoted himself to studying art history , classical philology , philosophy and theology after graduating from high school until he was drafted as a soldier for military service in World War II , where he was seriously wounded on the Russian front - he suffered fractured his skull and lost his right arm. After his recovery he resumed his studies, but soon switched to studying German.

In 1948 Brinkmann received his doctorate as Dr. phil. In 1955 he completed his habilitation at the University of Tübingen . There he took over the professorship for modern German literary studies in 1958 , which he held until his retirement in 1986. In addition, Brinkmann taught for many years as a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and repeatedly as a visiting professor at other American and New Zealand universities. From 1956 until his death he was co-editor of the German quarterly journal for literary studies and intellectual history .

He was a member of the Austrian and Heidelberg Academy of Sciences , Chairman of the German Studies Commission of the DFG, Vice-President of the International Association of Germanists and a member of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's selection committee . Richard Brinkmann made valuable contributions to the study of early romanticism and the literature of German realism .

Fonts

  • Theodor Fontane's picture of people, 1949
  • Romantic poetry theory in Friedrich Schlegel's early writings and Schiller's concepts of the naive and sentimental: signs of an emancipation of the historical, 1958
  • On the Concept of Realism for Nineteenth Century Narrative Poetry, 1958
  • On the word art of the Sturm circle: Notes on the possibilities and limits of abstract poetry, Verlag Walter de Gruyter , Berlin, 1961
  • Nachtwachen von Bonaventura, In: Volume 31 of Opuscula from Science and Poetry, Günter Neske Verlag, Stuttgart, 1966
  • Reality and illusion: Studies on the content and limits of the term realism for narrative poetry of the 19th century, Edition 2, Max Niemeyer Verlag , Tübingen, 1966 ISBN 3484102683 .
  • Theodor Fontane: On the liability of the non-binding, Piper Verlag , Munich, 1967
  • German Literature and French Revolution: 7 Studies, In: Volume 1395 by Kleine Reihe Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen, 1974 ISBN 3525333587 .
  • Expressionism. International research on an international phenomenon, Verlag JB Metzler , Stuttgart, 1980
  • Realities, Max Niemeyer Verlag, Tübingen, 1982 ISBN 3484104481 .

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SURNAME Brinkmann, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Germanist
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 2002
Place of death Tübingen