Dieter Borchmeyer
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Dieter Borchmeyer is a German
literary critic.
Borchmeyer is Professor
Emeritus
of Modern German Literature (Neuere Deutsche Literatur) and Dramatic Theory (Theaterwissenschaft) at the University of Heidelberg, where he is currently Seniorprofessor. Borchmeyer is President of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. His principal fields are German literature from the 18th to the 20th century and music theatre. He has published on Goethe
, Schiller
, Mozart
and Richard Wagner
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and Catholic Theology
in 1961 at the University of Munich. After gaining his doctorate in 1970 he taught from 1972 until 1979 at a Munich Gymnasium and simultaneously carried out teaching duties at the German Department of the University. After his Habilitation in 1979 he taught at the Universities of Erlangen
and Würzburg
. In 1982 he was called to the Professorship of Dramatic Theory at the University of Munich. Since 1988 he is Professor of Modern German Literature (Neuere Deutsche Literatur) and Dramatic Theory (Theaterwissenschaft) at the University of Heidelberg.
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literary critic.
Borchmeyer is Professor
Professor
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Emeritus
Emeritus
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of Modern German Literature (Neuere Deutsche Literatur) and Dramatic Theory (Theaterwissenschaft) at the University of Heidelberg, where he is currently Seniorprofessor. Borchmeyer is President of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. His principal fields are German literature from the 18th to the 20th century and music theatre. He has published on Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, theoretical physicist, and polymath. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature. His works span the fields of poetry, drama, prose, philosophy, and science. His Faust has been called the greatest long...
, Schiller
Friedrich Schiller
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life , Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...
, Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
and Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
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Life
Borchmeyer began his study of German studiesGerman studies
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and Catholic Theology
Theology
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in 1961 at the University of Munich. After gaining his doctorate in 1970 he taught from 1972 until 1979 at a Munich Gymnasium and simultaneously carried out teaching duties at the German Department of the University. After his Habilitation in 1979 he taught at the Universities of Erlangen
Erlangen
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and Würzburg
Würzburg
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. In 1982 he was called to the Professorship of Dramatic Theory at the University of Munich. Since 1988 he is Professor of Modern German Literature (Neuere Deutsche Literatur) and Dramatic Theory (Theaterwissenschaft) at the University of Heidelberg.
Works (Selection)
I. Books- Tragödie und Öffentlichkeit. Schillers Dramaturgie im Zusammenhang seiner ästhetisch-politischen Theorie und die rhetorische Tradition. München 1973 (Wilhelm Fink)
- Höfische Gesellschaft und Französische Revolution bei Goethe. Adeliges und bürgerliches Wertsystem im Urteil der Weimarer Klassik. Kronberg/Ts. 1977 (Athenäum)
- Das Theater Richard Wagners. Idee – Dichtung – Wirkung. Stuttgart 1982 (Reclam)
- Richard Wagner – Theory and Theatre. Oxford 1991 (Oxford University Press)
- Weimarer Klassik. Portrait einer Epoche. Weinheim 1994. Bearb. Neuaufl. 1998 (Beltz / Athenäum)
- „Des Grauens Süße“. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. München 1997 (Hanser). Neuauflage: Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Darf nur heimlich lösen mein Haar. München 2003 (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag)
- Goethe. Der Zeitbürger. München 1999 (Hanser)
- Richard Wagner. Ahasvers Wandlungen. Frankfurt a.M. 2002 (Insel)
- Macht und Melancholie. Schillers Wallenstein. Überarbeitete Neuauflage. Neckargemünd und Wien 2003 (Edition Mnemosyne)
- Drama and the World of Richard Wagner. Princeton University Press 2003
- Goethe (DuMont Schnellkurs). Köln 2005
- Mozart oder die Entdeckung der Liebe. Frankfurt a.M. 2005 (Insel)
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- Goethe: Dramen 1765–1775. Unter Mitarbeit von Peter Huber hrsg. [und kommentiert] von D.B. In. Goethe: Sämtliche Werke. Briefe, Tagebücher und Gespräche. I. Abt. Bd. 4. Frankfurt a.M. 1985
- Moderne Literatur in Grundbegriffen. Hrsg. von D.B. und Viktor Zmegac. Königstein/Ts. 1987 (Athenäum). Zweite, neubearbeitete Auflage, Tübingen 1994 (Niemeyer)
- Wege des Mythos in der Moderne. Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen. Eine Münchner Ringvorlesung. Hrsg. von D.B. München 1987 (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag)
- Goethe: Dramen 1776–1790. Unter Mitarbeit von Peter Huber hrsg. [und kommentiert] von D.B. In: Goethe: Sämtliche Werke. Briefe, Tagebücher und Gespräche. I.Abt. Bd.5. Frankfurt a.M. 1988 (Deutscher Klassiker Verlag)
- Nietzsche und Wagner. Stationen einer epochalen Begegnung. 2 Bde. Hrsg. von D. B. und Jörg Salaquarda. Frankfurt a.M. 1994 (Insel)
- Franz Wilhelm Beidler: Cosima Wagner-Liszt. Der Weg zum Wagner-Mythos. Ausgewählte Schriften des ersten Wagner-Enkels und sein unveröffentlichter Briefwechsel mit Thomas Mann. Hrsg. u. mit einem Nachwort versehen v. D.B.. Bielefeld 1997 (Pendragon)
- Richard Wagner und die Juden. Hrsg. v. D.B., Ami Maayani u. Susanne Vill. Stuttgart/Weimar 2000
- Martin Walsers „Tod eines Kritikers“: der komische Roman als Inszenierung seiner Wirkungsgeschichte. In: D.B. / Helmuth Kiesel (Hrsg.): Der Ernstfall. Martin Walsers „Tod eines Kritikers“. Hamburg 2003, S. 46–68 (sowie Vorwort S. 7–24).