J. P. Stern
Encyclopedia
Joseph Peter Stern, in full: Joseph Peter Maria Stern (December 25, 1920 — November 18, 1991), was an authority on German literature
. He was Professor at University College London
from 1972 to 1986.
He was born in Prague
, and died in Cambridge
, England.
German literature
German literature comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German part of Switzerland, and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there...
. He was Professor at University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
from 1972 to 1986.
He was born in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, and died in Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
, England.
Works
- Leibniz and the Seventeenth-Century Revolution by R.W. Meyer (1952) translator
- Ernst Jünger (1953)
- Lichtenberg. A Doctrine of Scattered Occasions Reconstructed from His Aphorisms and Reflections (1959)
- Re-interpretations : Seven Studies in Nineteenth-Century German Literature (1964)
- Liebelei/Leutnant Gustl/Die Letzten Masken by Arthur Schnitzler (1966) editor
- Thomas Mann (1967)
- Idylls & Realities. Studies in Nineteenth - Century German Literature (1971) editor
- Hitler: the Führer and the people (1975)
- Nietzsche (Fontana Modern MastersFontana Modern MastersThe Fontana Modern Masters was a series of pocket guides on the writers, philosophers, and other thinkers and theorists whose ideas were shaping the intellectual landscape of the twentieth century. The first five titles were published on 12 January 1970 by Fontana Books, the paperback imprint of...
, 1978) - Nietzsche - His Life, Work, Writings and Ideas (1978)
- A Study of Nietzsche (1979)
- The World of Franz Kafka (1980) editor
- Nietzsche on Tragedy (1981).with MS Silk
- Nietzsche - Die Moralität der äußeren Anstrengung (1982)
- Paths and Labyrinths. Nine Papers read at a Kafka Symposium (1985) editor with J. J. White
- The Dear Purchase: A Theme in German Modernism (1995)