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

Contributor(s): Ireton, Sean M (Editor), Schaumann, Caroline (Editor), Schaumann, Caroline (Contribution by), Hooley, Dan (Contribution by), Jenkins, Jennifer (Contribution by), Weber, Christoph (Contribution by), Kopf, Martina (Contribution by), Franzel, Sean (Contribution by), Klenner, Jens (Contribution by), Wilms Phd, Wilfried, PhD (Contribution by), Peabody, Seth (Contribution by), Haque, Kamaal (Contribution by), Höbusch, Harald (Contribution by), Buchholz, Paul (Contribution by), Graml, Gundolf (Contribution by), Egan, Orfhlaith (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781640140479

Publisher: Camden House (NY)

Hardcover

$170.00

Pub Date: June 25, 2020

Dewey: 830.8036

LCCN: 2020007829

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.88" H x 9.00" L x 6.00" W ( 1.46 lbs) 370 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Studies in German Literature Linguistics and Culture

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: 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.

Brief description: CAROLINE SCHAUMANN is Professor and Chairperson of German Studies at Emory College, GA.

Review Quotes: [Mountains and the German Mind] succeed[s] in providing the reader valuable new insight into the natural and cultural history of mountains.-- "ECOZON@"