Mountains and the German Mind: Translations from Gessner to Messner, 1541-2009

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Mountains and the German Mind

Translations from Gessner to Messner, 1541-2009

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Edited by Sean M. Ireton, Caroline Schaumann

Publisher:: Boydell & Brewer
Online publication date:: January 2023
Print publication year:: 2020
Online ISBN:: 9781787448735
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781787448735

Subjects:: Classical Studies, Classical Literature
Series:: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

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The first scholarly English translations of thirteen vital texts that elucidate the central role mountains have played across nearly five centuries of Germanophone cultural history.

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Mountains and the German Mind

Translations from Gessner to Messner, 1541-2009

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgments
pp vii-vii

Introduction: The Changing Mountain Discourses—A Germanophone Perspective
pp 1-21

1 - Conrad Gessner, “Letter to Jacob Vogel on the Admiration of Mountains” (1541) and “Description of Mount Fractus, Commonly Called Mount Pilate” (1555)
pp 22-46

2 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, The Natural History of Switzerland (1716)—Excerpts
pp 47-74

3 - Sophie von La Roche, Diary of a Journey through Switzerland (1787)—Excerpts
pp 75-95

4 - G. W. F. Hegel, Travel Diary through the Bernese Alps (1796)
pp 96-117

5 - Alexander von Humboldt, Failed Ascents of Antisana and Chimborazo—Two Excerpts from the Travel Diaries (1802)
pp 118-142

6 - Hermann von Barth, From the Northern Limestone Alps (1874)—Excerpts
pp 143-170

7 - Georg Simmel, “Alpine Journeys” (1895) and “On the Aesthetics of the Alps” (1911)
pp 171-193

8 - Eduard Pichl, “Autobiographical Sketch” (1914) and “The Alpine Association and German Purity” (1923)
pp 194-213

9 - Leni Riefenstahl, Struggle in Snow and Ice (1933)—Excerpts
pp 214-242

10 - Arnold Fanck, He Directed Glaciers, Storms, and Avalanches: A Film Pioneer Recounts (1973)—Excerpts
pp 243-262

11 - Hans Ertl, My Wild Thirties (1982), Chapter 7: “The Film Gets Colorized—But the Himalaya Still Looks Bleak”
pp 263-284

12 - Max Peintner, “The Dam” (1981)
pp 285-297

13 - Reinhold Messner, Westwall: The Abyss Principle (2009)—Excerpts
pp 298-321

Bibliography
pp 322-337

Notes on the Contributors
pp 338-342

Index
pp 343-353

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