Hans Galinsky

Hans Galinsky (12 May 1909–25 July 1991) was a German American studies scholar.

Life and career

Galinsky was a professor of comparative literature and American studies at the University of Mainz from 1952 to 1977. He co-founded the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien.{{cite web |url=http://gutenberg-biographics.ub.uni-mainz.de/id/cb991a92-e8c4-4b62-8a7b-2fa6f44a5477 |title=Hans Galinsky |website=Verzeichnis der Professorinnen und Professoren der Universität Mainz |language=de |access-date=29 September 2023 }}

His monograph Naturae Cursus. Der Weg einer antiken kosmologischen Metapher von der Alten in die Neue Welt (1968) is about the expression naturae cursus or "of course" interpreted as a metaphor.{{cite journal |last1=Murray |first1=O. |title=Of Course - Hans Galinsky: Naturae Cursus. Der Weg einer antiken kosmologischen Metapher von der Alten in die Neue Welt. (Studien zum Fortwirken der Antike, 4.) |journal=The Classical Review |date=1970 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=53-54 |doi=10.1017/S0009840X00295656}} Wegbereiter moderner amerikanischer Lyrik (1968) is about the interpretation and reception history of the poetry of Emily Dickinson and William Carlos Williams.{{cite journal |last1=Riewald |first1=J. G. |title=Hans Galinsky, "Wegbereiter moderner amerikanischer Lyrik" (Book Review) |journal=Neophilologus |date=1970 |volume=57 |issue=1 |page=107 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/141ca1dadb14cdcd15d5a678f58ae37b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1817933}}

Since 1992, the Hans Galinsky Memorial Prize is awarded by the Center for Early American Studies of the University of Mainz.

Hans Galinsky

Life and career

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