Ulrike Rainer
Appointments
Associate Professor Emerita
Area of Expertise
German literature of the 20th Century / feminism and German literature
Biography
Ulrike Rainer still divides her time between Hanover and Berlin. She is carrying on with her blog in the online magazine schwarz-auf-weiß, attempting to explain the more unusual aspects of American politics and society to a large and loyal following of readers.
Education
B.A. Yale University
M.A. Yale University
Ph.D. Harvard University
Publications
“Daughter” in The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature, Eigler, F and S Kord (eds.), (1997).
“Leporin, Dorothea: Gründliche Untersuchung der Ursachen, die das weibliche Geschlecht vom Studiren abhalten (1742) in The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature, Eigler, F and S Kord (eds.), (1997).
“Maysenbug, Amalie Malvida Wilhelmina Tamina von (1816-1903)” in The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature, Eigler, F and S Kord (eds.), (1997).
“Musical Theater/Opera” in The Feminist Encyclopedia of German Literature, Eigler, F and S Kord (eds.), (1997)
“Die Betrogenen: die österreichische Nachkriegsgeneration im Werk Elfriede Jelineks,” in Österreich in amerikanischer Sicht: Das Österreichbild im amerikanischen Schulunterricht, (1995)
Works in Progress
Mother Tongue, Beloved Traitor: German Poets of the Holocaust and After
“Poetry after Auschwitz: Yes and No”
“Ingeborg Bachmann’s Der Fall Franza”
“Morbus Kitahara: Christoph Ransmayr’s ‘Ring”
“Christine Lavant: New Perspectives”
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