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Emerson And Nietzsche: Appropriation, Translation, And Experimentation, Maximilian Gindorf
Emerson And Nietzsche: Appropriation, Translation, And Experimentation, Maximilian Gindorf
Theses and Dissertations
The relationship between Friedrich Nietzsche and Ralph Waldo Emerson has been a matter of rumor, surprise, and denial for over a century. This dissertation sets out to provide the first complete and concise account of Emerson’s influence on Nietzsche’s texts throughout the German’s intellectual life. Additionally, it does not limit itself to just Nietzsche but places his readings of Emerson into the larger context of the American’s German readership. The project’s methodology uses 19th century and early 20th century sources of Emerson’s reception in Germany, such as newspaper reviews and journal essays, the German translations of Emerson’s works, …
Douglas Young, Hellenist, Ward Briggs
Douglas Young, Hellenist, Ward Briggs
Studies in Scottish Literature
A reassessment of the Scottish writer Douglas Young's career as classicist, poet, translator, and teacher, tracing the centrality to his achievement of his commitment to Greek literature and classical scholarship.
H.P. Lovecraft & The French Connection: Translation, Pulps And Literary History, Todd David Spaulding
H.P. Lovecraft & The French Connection: Translation, Pulps And Literary History, Todd David Spaulding
Theses and Dissertations
Weird fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft captured the zeitgeist of the modernist movement, despite his association with popular fiction. Lovecraft’s post-mortem climb from the margins of the American literary system to its center is indicative of his influence on “mass” and “elite” cultures alike in the second half of the twentieth century and onward. Lovecraft’s influence is not restricted to American culture, but it spread like an airborne virus to other cultures, and to France in particular. His imaginative weird fiction, a unique combination of horror and science fiction, has been translated into more than 25 languages from Bengali to …