Mountains and the German Mind

SEAN IRETON is Associate Professor of German in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Missouri. CAROLINE SCHAUMANN is Professor and Chairperson of German Studies at Emory College, GA. CAROLINE SCHAUMANN is Professor and Chairperson of German Studies at Emory College, GA. SEAN FRANZEL is Professor of German at the University of Missouri. SETH PEABODY is Assistant Professor of German at Carleton College, MN.

• The Changing Mountain Discourses - a Germanphone Perspective - Sean Ireton and Caroline SchaumannConrad Gessner, "Letter to Jacob Vogel on the Admiration of Mountains" (1541) and "Description of Mount Fractus, Commonly Called Mount Pilate" (1555) - Dan HooleyJohann Jakob Scheuchzer, The Natural History of Switzerland (1716) - Excerpts - Jennifer JenkinsJohann Jakob Scheuchzer, The Natural History of Switzerland (1716) - Excerpts - Christoph WeberSophie von la Roche, Diary of a Journey Through Switzerland (1787) - Excerpts - Martina KopfG.W.F. Hegel, Travel Diary Through the Bernese Alps (1796) - Sean FranzelAlexander von Humboldt, Failed Ascents of Antisana and Chimborazo - Two Excerpts from Travel Diaries (1802) - Caroline SchaumannHermann von Barth, From the Northern Limestone Alps (1874) - Excerpts - Sean IretonGeorg Simmel, "Alpine Journeys" (1895) and "On the Aesthetics of the Alps" (1911) - Jens KlennerEduard Pichl, "Autobiographical Sketch" (1914) and "The Alpine Association and German Purity" (1923) - Wilfried WilmsLeni Riefenstahl, Struggle in Snow and Ice (1933) - Excerpts - Seth PeabodyArnold Fanck, He Directed Glaciers, Storms and Avalanches: A Film Pioneer Recounts (1973) - Excerpts - Kamaal HaqueHans Ertl, My Wild Thirties (1982), Chapter 7: "The Film Gets Colorized - But the Himalaya Still Looks Bleak" - Harald HöbuschMax Peintner, "The Dam" (1981) - Paul BuchholzReinhold Messner, Westwall: The Abyss Principle (2009) - Excerpts - Gundolf GramlWorks CitedIndex

[Mountains and the German Mind] succeed[s] in providing the reader valuable new insight into the natural and cultural history of mountains.