Hans Galinsky (12 May 1909–25 July 1991) was a German

American studies American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field of scholarship that examines American literature, history, society, and culture. It traditionally incorporates literary criticism, historiography and critical theory. Schol ...

scholar.

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Galinsky was a professor of

comparative literature Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, national, geographic, and disciplinary boundaries. Comparative literature "performs a role similar to that of the study ...

and American studies at the

University of Mainz The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (german: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz) is a public research university in Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. With approximately 32,000 stud ...

from 1952 to 1977. He co-founded the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien. His monograph ''Naturae Cursus. Der Weg einer antiken kosmologischen Metapher von der Alten in die Neue Welt'' (1968) is about the expression ''naturae cursus'' or "of course" interpreted as a

metaphor A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide (or obscure) clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas. Metaphors are often compared wi ...

. ''Wegbereiter moderner amerikanischer Lyrik'' (1968) is about the interpretation and reception history of the poetry of

Emily Dickinson Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 – May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Little-known during her life, she has since been regarded as one of the most important figures in American poetry. Dickinson was born in Amherst, Massac ...

and

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. Since 1992, the Hans Galinsky Memorial Prize is awarded by the Center for Early American Studies of the University of Mainz.

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