The Journal of English and Germanic Philology articles from October 1998

The Journal of English and Germanic Philology archives from October 1998

Scherz, Satire und Ironie in der ostdeutschen Literatur der neunziger Jahre.
October 1, 1998... DaB vierzig Jahre politisch-wirtschaftlicher Teilung und unterschiedlicher Sozialisation doch pragender waren als in den Wende-Jahren angenommen, zeigt die momentan in Deutschland wuchernde Nostalgie/Ostalgie. Sich vom DDR-Staat selbst zwar...

"Wise wealhstodas": The Prologue to Sirach as a Model for Alfred's Preface to the Pastoral Care.
October 1, 1998... Alfred the Great's program of translation and education helped establish Old English as a written language. The texts translated under his patronage were the first extended works of Old English prose. Not only did the translations have direct...

The Fall of Lucifer in Genesis A and Two Anglo-Latin Royal Charters.
October 1, 1998... "The origin of the angels," notes Edward J. Montano, "is also the origin of those who would eventually be demons."(1) The creation of the angels and the subsequent rebellion and fall of Lucifer occupy a central position in the Christian...

"Travail" to "Strange Nations": Recalling the Errant in The Unfortunate Traveller.
October 1, 1998... Although as a writer Thomas Nashe perhaps is better known for defying than for following convention, The Unfortunate Traveller (1594), his "fantastical treatise," falls within the recognizable boundaries of English travel writing of the late...

The Breaks in Silas Marner.
October 1, 1998... All readers of Silas Marner agree with George Eliot's broad statement of purpose: Silas "sets... in a strong light the remedial influences of pure, natural human relations."(1) All agree, too, with David R. Carroll's authoritative essay,...

LITERATURE LOST: SOCIAL AGENDAS AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE HUMANITIES.(Review)
October 1, 1998... LITERATURE LOST: SOCIAL AGENDAS AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE HUMANITIES. By John M. Ellis. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997. Pp. viii + 262. $25. I Much has been written about the decline in academic civility, but I think the...

THE CLASSICAL TRADITION IN OPERATION: CHAUCER/VIRGIL, SHAKESPEARE/PLAUTUS, POPE/HORACE, TENNYSON/LUCRETIUS, POUND/PROPERTIUS.(Review)
October 1, 1998... THE CLASSICAL TRADITION IN OPERATION: CHAUCER/VIRGIL, SHAKESPEARE/PLAUTUS, POPE/HORACE, TENNYSON/LUCRETIUS, POUND/PROPERTIUS. By Niall Rudd. (The Robson Classical Lectures.) Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1994. Pp. xii + 186. $66. ...

IMAGES OF COMMUNITY IN OLD ENGLISH POETRY.(Review)
October 1, 1998... IMAGES OF COMMUNITY IN OLD ENGLISH POETRY. By Hugh Magennis. (Cambridge Studies in Anglo-Saxon England, 18.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. ix + 212. $54.95. Each term in the title of Hugh Magennis's book should be taken...

WOMEN AND LITERATURE IN BRITAIN 1500-1700.(Review)
October 1, 1998... WOMEN AND LITERATURE IN BRITAIN 1500-1700. Edited by Helen Wilcox. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pp. xxii + 307. $54.95 (cloth); $18.95 (paper). This collection of twelve essays edited by Helen Wilcox will be the answer to...

THE MISTRESS KNOWLEDGE: SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S "DEFENCE OF POESIE" AND LITERARY ARCHITECHTONICS IN THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE.(Review)
October 1, 1998... THE MISTRESS KNOWLEDGE: SIR PHILIP SIDNEY'S "DEFENCE OF POESIE" AND LITERARY ARCHITECHTONICS IN THE ENGLISH RENAISSANCE. By Mary Jane Doherty. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 1991. Pp. xxi + 372. $34.95. Like all fine critics,...

SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE CIRCULATION OF MANUSCRIPTS, 1558-1640.(Review)
October 1, 1998... SIR PHILIP SIDNEY AND THE CIRCULATION OF MANUSCRIPTS, 1558--1640. By H. R. Woudhuysen. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. xv + 515; 8 illustrations. $95. In this comprehensive study, H. R. Woudhuysen offers an informative analysis of...

JOHN DONNE'S 1622 GUNPOWDER PLOT SERMON. A PARALLEL-TEXT EDITION.(Review)
October 1, 1998... JOHN DONNE'S 1622 GUNPOWDER PLOT SERMON. A PARALLEL-TEXT EDITION. Transcribed, edited, and with critical commentary by Jeanne Shami. Pittsburgh: Duquesne University Press, 1996. Pp. xii + 200. $45 (cloth); $21.50 (paper). This book is a...

GERMANISCHE ZAHLWORTER: SPRACH- UND KULTURGESCHICHTLICHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN INSBESONDERE ZUR ZAHL 12.(Review)
October 1, 1998... GERMANISCHE ZAHLWORTER: SPRACH- UND KULTURGESCHICHTLICHE UNTERSUCHUNGEN INSBESONDERE ZUR ZAHL 12. Von Georg Schuppener. Leipzig: Leipziger Universitatsverlag. Pp. 178. DM 74. Georg Schuppener has written a thorough and thought-provoking...

DER ARME HEINRICH VON HARTMANN VON AUE.(Review)
October 1, 1998... DER ARME HEINRICH VON HARTMANN VON AUE. HRSG. VON HERMANN PAUL. 16., neu bearbeitete Auflage besorgt yon Kurt Gartner. (Altdeutsche Textbibtiothek, 3.) Tubingen: Niemeyer, 1996. Pp. xxxvi + 63. DM 11.80. Few hearts are so cold as not to...

RUDOLFS «WELTCHRONIK» ALS OFFENE FORM: UBERLIEFERUNGSSTRUKTUR UND WERKGESCHICHTE.(Review)
October 1, 1998... RUDOLFS <> ALS OFFENE FORM: UBERLIEFERUNGSSTRUKTUR UND WERKGESCHICHTE. Von Danielle Jaurant (Bibliotheca Germanica, 34.) Tubingen; Basel: A. Francke Verlag, 1995. PP. x + 407. DM 96. Die unvollendete Weltchronik des Rudolf yon Ems, gegen...

THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS ON THE REFORMATION STAGE. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF GERMAN DRAMA.(Review)
October 1, 1998... THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS ON THE REFORMATION STAGE. A CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF GERMAN DRAMA. By Stephen L. Wailes. Selinsgrove: Susquehanna University Press; London: Associated University Presses, 1997. Pp. 359. $48.50. ...

JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER: ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE.(Review)
October 1, 1998... JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERDER: ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES AND THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE. Edited by Wulf Koepke. Columbia, S.C.: Camden House, 1996. Pp. xii + 276-$59-95. This attractive collection of essays edited by Wulf Koepke, co-founder of the...

STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE GERMAN NOVELLA FROM GOETHE TO THOMAS MANN.(Review)
October 1, 1998... STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE GERMAN NOVELLA FROM GOETHE TO THOMAS MANN. By Henry H. H. Remak. (North American Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literature, 14.) New York: Peter Lang, 1996. Pp. xix + 322. $19.95. A "republication of...

THE DOPPELGANGER: DOUBLE VISIONS IN GERMAN LITERATURE.(Review)
October 1, 1998... THE DOPPELGANGER: DOUBLE VISIONS IN GERMAN LITERATURE. By Andrew J. Webber. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Pp. xi + 379; 4 illustrations. $80. This densely written and learned book presents, as its subtitle suggests, a study not only of...

THE SIN-COMPLEX: A CRITICAL STUDY OF ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE GRIMMS' KINDER- UND HAUSMARCHEN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.(Review)
October 1, 1998... THE SIN-COMPLEX: A CRITICAL STUDY OF ENGLISH VERSIONS OF THE GRIMMS' KINDER- UND HAUSMARCHEN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. By Martin Sutton. (Schriften der Bruder Grimm-Gesellschaft: Neue Folge, 28.) Kassel: Bruder Grimm-Gesellschaft, 1996. Pp....

Heinrich Heine und die Romantik/ Heinrich Heine and Romanticism: Ertrage Eines Symposiums an der Pennsylvania State University.(Review)
October 1, 1998... HEINRICH HEINE UND DIE ROMANTIK / HEINRICH HEINE AND ROMANTICISM: ERTRAGE EINES SYMPOSIUMS AN DER PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY (21.-23. SEPTEMBER 1995). Herausgegeben von Markus Winkler. Tubingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 1997. Pp. xiii + 232....

Ambivalence Transcended: A Study of the Writings of Annette von Droste-Hulshoff.(Review)
October 1, 1998... AMBIVALENCE TRANSCENDED: A STUDY OF THE WRITINGS OF ANNETTE VON DROSTE-HULSHOFF. By Gertrud Bauer Pickar. Columbia, SC: Camden House, 1997. Pp. xiii + 381. $45. Gertrud Bauer Pickar's splendidly readable, incisive, and thoroughly...

Telegrams from the Soul: Peter Altenberg and the Culture of Fin-De-Siecle Vienna.(Review)
October 1, 1998... TELEGRAMS FROM THE SOUL: PETER ALTENBERG AND THE CULTURE OF FIN-DE-SIECLE VIENNA. By Andrew Barker. Columbia, S.C.: Camden House, 1996. Pp. xx + 260. $54. Telegrams from the Soul is one of those marvelous books that should be in every...

Stefan Andres: Leben und Werk.(Review)
October 1, 1998... STEFAN ANDRES: LEBEN UND WERK. Hgg. Stefan-Andres-Gesellschaft. Von Michael Braun. Bonn: Bouvier Verlag, 1997. Pp. 191; 39 illustrations. DM35. Vor vierzig Jahren wurde in jeder deutschen Oberschule Stefan Andres' Novelle aus dem...

Orthographic Codes and Code-Switching: A Study in 16th Century Swedish Orthography.(Review)
October 1, 1998... ORTHOGRAPHIC CODES AND CODE-SWITCHING: A STUDY IN 16TH CENTURY SWEDISH ORTHOGRAPHY. By Alexander Zheltukhin. Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1996. Pp. 297. SEK 198. As the title indicates, this dissertation by Alexander...