Korrespondenzen und Transformationen

Neue Perspektiven auf Adelbert von Chamisso

Contributions by Sarah Michaelis Edited by Marie-Theres Federhofer Edited by Jutta Weber Series edited by Heinrich Detering Series edited by Dieter Lamping Series edited by Gerhard Lauer

Book cover: Korrespondenzen und Transformationen

Extent: 311 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: German Studies, Literary Studies

Language: German

Hardback (Published)

(December 2012)

ISBN: 9783847100102

6.42 x 9.65 inches

Price: $99.00

In stock

An der Nahtstelle zwischen Kultur- und Naturwissenschaften – Chamissos Leben, Werk und Wirkung.


Although Adelbert von Chamisso created world literature with his Peter Schlemihl narrative and is a canonised author in literary studies, many parts of his prolific work are still under-researched. As yet little of his estate, which has been in the possession of the Berlin State Library since 1937, has been evaluated. The contributions to this anthology can be seen as an endeavour to give a new impetus to Chamisso research. Written from the perspectives of literary studies, linguistics, musicologists and scientific history, the contributors seek to reveal hitherto neglected aspects of Chamisso’s multifaceted work as an ethnologist and zoologist, travel writer and poet, editor and correspondent. They focus on Chamisso’s networking with the literary and scientific communities of his time and on the broad field of intertextual, intermedial and intercultural references in his texts.

  • Contributions by Sarah Michaelis
  • Edited by Marie-Theres Federhofer
  • Edited by Jutta Weber
  • Series edited by Heinrich Detering
  • Series edited by Dieter Lamping
  • Series edited by Gerhard Lauer