Dieter Borchmeyer (born 3 May 1941 in

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) is a German literary critic. Dieter Borchmeyer

Borchmeyer is

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of Modern German Literature (''Neuere Deutsche Literatur'') and Dramatic Theory (''Theaterwissenschaft'') at the

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, where he is currently ''Seniorprofessor''. Borchmeyer is president of the

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. His principal fields are German literature from the 18th to the 20th century and music theatre. He has published on

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and

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

Life

Borchmeyer began his study of ''

German studies German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German hi ...

'' and Catholic

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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 (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

and

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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. In connection with the invitation to the pianist and musicologist Siegfried Mauser, who had been convicted by law, Borchmeyer was met with fierce criticism in the context of a planned event on the Heidelberg lectures on cultural theory.Volker Oesterreich: Nun hat er den Salat. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 21. November 2018.

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. Athenäum Verlag Kronberg/Ts. 1977 * 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 mit einem Geleitwort v.

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. 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) * Nietzsche, Cosima, Wagner; Porträt einer Freundschaft. Frankfurt 2008 (Insel) II. Editions * Richard Wagner: Dichtungen und Schriften. Jubiläumsausgabe in 10 Bänden. Hrsg. nd kommentiertvon D.B. Frankfurt a.M. 1983 (Insel) * Goethe: Dramen 1765–1775. Unter Mitarbeit von Peter Huber hrsg. nd kommentiertvon 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 The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French shor ...

. Königstein/Ts. 1987 (Athenäum). Zweite, neubearbeitete Auflage, Tübingen 1994 (Niemeyer) * Goethe: Dramen 1776–1790. Unter Mitarbeit von Peter Huber hrsg. nd kommentiertvon D.B. In: Goethe: Sämtliche Werke. Briefe, Tagebücher und Gespräche. I.Abt. Bd.5. Frankfurt a.M. 1988 (Deutscher Klassiker Verlag) * Goethe: Werke. 6 Bde. Winkler Weltliteratur Dünndruck Ausgabe eu hrsg., mit Geleitwort und Nachworten versehen von D.B.München 1992 (Artemis & Winkler) * Goethe: Dramen 1791–1832. Hrsg. v. D.B. und Peter Huber. In: In: Goethe: Sämtliche Werke. Briefe, Tagebücher und Gespräche. I.Abt. Bd. 6. Frankfurt a.M. 1993 (Deutscher Klassiker Verlag) * Nietzsche und Wagner. Stationen einer epochalen Begegnung. 2 Bde. Hrsg. von D. B. und Jörg Salaquarda. Frankfurt a.M. 1994 (Insel) * Richard Wagner. Der Ring des Nibelungen. Ansichten des Mythos. Hrsg. v.

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und D.B.. Stuttgart 1995 (Metzler) * Franz Wilhelm Beidler: Cosima Wagner. Ein Porträt. Richard Wagners erster Enkel: Ausgewählte Schriften und Briefwechsel mit

Thomas Mann Paul Thomas Mann ( , ; ; 6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. His highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novella ...

. Hrsg., komm. u. mit einem biographischen Essay v. D.B. 3. Aufl. Würzburg 2011 (Königshausen & Neumann) * Richard Wagner und die Juden. Hrsg. v. D.B.,

Ami Maayani Ami Maayani (January 1936 – February 17, 2019) was an Israeli composer. The founder and conductor of the Israel National Youth Orchestra, the Tel Aviv Youth Orchestra, the Haifa Youth Orchestra and the Technion Symphony Orchestra, from 1970 to ...

u. Susanne Vill. Stuttgart/Weimar 2000 * Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Faust. Sämtliche Dichtungen. Mit einem Nachwort von D.B.. Düsseldorf u. Zürich 2003 (Artemis & Winkler)) * Der Ernstfall. Martin Walsers „ Tod eines Kritikers“. Hrsg. v. D.B. /

Helmuth Kiesel Helmuth Kiesel (born 1 August 1947) is a German literary studies scholar who specializes in German literature German literature () comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austr ...

. Hamburg 2003. * Mozarts Opern. Das Handbuch. Hrsg. von D.B. u.

Gernot Gruber Gernot Gruber (born 17 November 1939) is an Austrian musicologist. Life Born in Bruck an der Mur, Styria, Gruber studied music, musicology, philosophy and German literature at the University of Graz and received his doctorate in 1964. Afterwar ...

. 2 Teilbände. Laaber 2007 (Laaber) ; III. Festschrift * Getauft auf Musik. Hrsg. v.

und

Hans Rudolf Vaget Hans Rudolf Vaget (born February 2, 1938 in Marienbad, Czechoslovakia) is Professor emeritus of German Studies at Smith College. Life Hans Rudolf Vaget is Professor emeritus of German Studies at Smith College, where he taught from 1967 to 2004. ...

(mit Auswahlbibliographie). Würzburg 2006 (Königshausen und Neumann).

References

External links

Dieter Borchmeyer's homepage (German)
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