Alexander Stephan
Dr. Alexander Stephan | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 16, 1946 |
| Died | May 29, 2009 Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan Princeton University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Literature |
| Institutions | Ohio State University University of Florida |
Alexander Stephan (August 16, 1946 – May 29, 2009) was a specialist in German literature and area studies. He was a professor, Ohio Eminent Scholar, and Senior Fellow of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at Ohio State University (OSU).[1]
Background
Stephan studied American and German literature at the Freie Universität in Berlin and at the University of Michigan. He obtained his Ph.D. from Princeton University.
Career
Subsequently, he taught at Princeton, the
As professor of German literature, Stephan focused on the modern period. His publications covered the history of German exile literature, the
and Anna Seghers.At the OSU Mershon Center, Stephan concentrated on
Stephan was a founder of the book series Exilstudien/Exile Studies, a member of the German
Legacy
A Festschrift honoring Stephan, and entitled, Kulturpolitik und Politik der Kultur/Cultural Politics and the Politics of Culture (Oxford) appeared in 2007. It was edited by Helen Fehervary and Bernd Fischer.
His widow, Halina Stephan, is a Professor of Slavic and East European Languages and Literatures. She has been director of the Center for Slavic and East European Studies at Ohio State University. She specializes in Russian avant-garde literature and Polish theatre.[2]
Works
Books (selection):
- Überwacht, ausgebürgert, exiliert. Schriftsteller und der Staat. Bielefeld, 2007.
- Im Visier des FBI. Deutsche Exilschriftsteller in den Akten amerikanischer Geheimdienste. Stuttgart, 1995, rev. pb. Berlin, 1998
- "Communazis": FBI Surveillance of German Émigré Writers (2000)[3]
- Anna Seghers: 'Das siebte Kreuz'. Welt und Wirkung eines Romans. Berlin, 1997.
- Anna Seghers im Exil. Bonn, 1993.
- Max Frisch. München, 1983.
- Christa Wolf. München, 1976, 4th, enl. and rev. ed. 1991.
- Die deutsche Exilliteratur. München, 1979.
Books in preparation:
- Left Behind. Popular Culture, Religious Fundamentalism and Politics in the USA of George W. Bush.
- Das Dritte Reich und die Exilliteratur. Ausbürgerung und Überwachung deutscher Autoren durch Behörden des Nazistaates.
Edited volumes (selection):
- America on my mind. Zur Amerikanisierung der deutschen Kultur seit 1945 (with Jochen Vogt). München, 2006.
- The Americanization of Europe: Culture, Diplomacy, and Anti-Americanism after 1945. New York, 2006, pb. 2007.
- Das Amerika der Autoren. Von Kafka bis 09/11 München, 2006.
- Exile and Otherness: New Approaches to the Experience of the Nazi Refugees. Oxford, 2005.
- Refuge and Reality: Feuchtwanger and the European Émigrés in California (with Pól Ó Dochartaigh). Amsterdam, 2005.
- Americanization and Anti-Americanism. The German Encounter with American Culture After 1945. New York, 2005, pb. 2007.
- Anna Seghers, Die Entscheidung. Roman. Werkausgabe, vol. I, 7. Berlin, 2003.
- Döblin, L. Feuchtwanger, A. Seghers, A. Zweig, Early 20th Century German Fiction. New York, 2003, pb. 2003.
- Jeans, Rock und Vietnam. Amerikanische Kultur in der DDR(with Therese Hörnigk). Berlin, 2002.
- ‘Rot = Braun’? Brecht Dialog 2000. Nationalsozialismus und Stalinismus bei Brecht und Zeitgenossen (with Therese Hörnigk). Berlin, 2000.
- Uwe Johnson, Speculations About Jakob and Other Writings. New York, 2000, pb. 2000.
- Themes and Structures. Studies in German Literature from Goethe to the Present. A Festschrift for Theodore Ziolkowski. Columbia, 1997.
- Ulrich Plenzdorf, Günter Kunert, Anna Seghers, and others, The New Sufferings of Young W. and Other Stories from the German Democratic Republic (with Therese Hörnigk). New York, 1997, pb. 1997.
- Christa Wolf: The Author’s Dimension. Selected Essays. New York and London, 1993; Chicago, 1995.
- Exil. Literatur und die Künste nach 1933. Bonn, 1990.
- Schreiben im Exil. Zur Ästhetik der deutschen Exilliteratur 1933-1945 (with Hans Wagener). Bonn, 1985.
- Peter Weiss. Die Ästhetik des Widerstands. Frankfurt, 1983, 2nd ed. 1987, 3rd ed. 1990.
- Editor of Exilstudien/Exile Studies. A Monograph Series. New York, Oxford, 1993ff. (vols. 1-10, vols. 11 in preparation).
TV and radio (selection):
- Left Behind: Popular culture, religiöser Fundamentalismus und Politik in den USA des George W. Bush, TV lecture, Germany, 2005.
- Thomas Mann und der CIA, TV documentary, Germany, 2002.
- Exilanten und der CIA, TV documentary, Germany, 2002.
- Brecht und das FBI, TV documentary, Germany, 2001.
- Im Visier des FBI. Deutsche Autoren im US-Exil, TV documentary (with Johannes Eglau), Germany, 1995.
See also
References
- ^ "Alexander Stephan (1946-2009)". Ohio State University. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ^ "Halina Stephan" (PDF). Ohio State University. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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Stephan, Alexander (2000). "Communazis": FBI Surveillance of German Émigré Writers. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300082029. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
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