Wolfgang Nehring (literary scholar)
Wolfgang Nehring (born November 15, 1938 in Opole ; † January 3, 2013 ) was a German literary scholar .
Life
His parents were the lawyer Joachim Nehring and the high school teacher Therese, geb. Ulmer. Wolfgang Nehring attended elementary school in Neuhaus / Elbe and grammar school in Duisburg .
He studied German literature, philosophy and classical philology at the universities of Bonn , Tübingen and Vienna . In 1965 he received his doctorate in Bonn. He then spent a year as a visiting professor at Boston College . Since 1967 he has been professor of literary studies at the Department of Germanic Languages at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
His research encompassed German literature from the late 18th century to the present day, with a special focus on German Romanticism, early modernism, and Austrian literature.
Fonts (selection)
- The act at Hofmannsthal . An investigation into Hofmannsthal's great dramas . Stuttgart 1966, OCLC 901516761 .
- as editor with Hans Wagener : Franz Werfel in exile. International Franz Werfel Conference, Los Angeles, Oct. 1990 . Bonn 1992, ISBN 3-416-02329-3 .
- Late romantic. Eichendorff and ETA Hoffmann . Göttingen 1997, ISBN 3-525-01219-5 .
- as editors: Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder and Ludwig Tieck : Fantasies about art . Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-009494-1 .
Web links
- Wolfgang Nehring in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- riviste.unimi.it
- muse.jhu.edu
Individual evidence
- ^ Nehring, Wolfgang. In: Franz Heiduk : Oberschlesisches Literaturlexikon. Part 2, Mann, Berlin 1993.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nehring, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opole |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 2013 |