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This 1952 study is an investigation into the nature of language that focuses on reinterpreting Hamann's theories of language in light of twentieth century linguistic philosophy. One of the first studies of Hamann to be presented in English, it poses many questions of universal concern and interest.

This translation of all the poems in the main body of the work of George extensively revises the first publication of The Works of Stefan George which appeared in 1949. The editors have also expanded the volume, adding a number of George's early poems, two essays, and the lyrical drama The Lady's Praying.

First published as an American contribution to the 1959 bicentennial celebration of Friedrich Schiller's birth, Krumpelmann's translation of the poet's Joan of Arc drama retains the iambic pentameter of the original. This revised second edition, published in 1962, corrects typographical errors and includes some changes to the text.

This first complete modern edition of Peter Schott's Lucubraciunculae opened a treasure-trove of information to students of German literature, historians of Humanism, folklorists, and theologians on its publication in 1963. Also included in this volume are the De mensirus syllabarum epithoma and a letter in German to Schott's sister Anna.

The poetry of Wilhelm Muller, to whom Heine expressed indebtedness for his renewal of the forms of the German Volkslied, had rarely been discussed in depth prior to this volume, originally published in 1970.

Far from being a forerunner of Weimar Classicism or an addendum to the Enlightenment, the Sturm und Drang is best seen as part of an autonomous culture of impatience-as literature in which Germans, frustrated with their fragmented land, simulated a sense of power and effectiveness that political realities did not afford.

Jill Kowalik reevaluates J.J. Breitinger's Critische Dichtkunst (1740) with regard to a heretofore neglected aspect of aesthetics in the early eighteenth century, namely how poesis and historiography could increasingly come to resemble each other in their assumptions, purposes, and methods of representation.

An imperishable gem of German literature, Kleist's The Broken Pitcher is pure comedy. The author's handling of the theme - the judge as culprit - shows supreme mastery. This translation by Bayard Morgan, originally published in 1961, is faithful in form.

Originally published in 1955, this volume provides English translations of one hundred of Goethe's poems divided into nine periods. The biographical introduction traces Goethe's development as seen in his poems and an appendix gives information on musical settings to the poems.

Presents twenty-four essays on the many-sided topic of German exile literature during and after Hitler's Third Reich. Leading American and European specialists in the field are contributors to the volume, which discusses the work of Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Hermann Broch and Karl Wolfskehl among others.

Contains Lessing's most explicit observations on the distinction between poetry and prose as well as a unique proposal for emending Aristotle's interpretation of the dramatic method. Lessing significantly modifies Abbe Dubos' doctrine by ideas derived from Alexander Baumgarten, Moses Mendelssohn, and Edmund Burke.

Originally published in 1959, this first scholarly study of the origin and development of the concept of honor in German literature traces its role from ancient Germanic to modern works and shows how the transformation from external to internal conceptions of honor were influenced by Christian and Stoic ideals.

Identifies the underlying patterns of persistent biblical allusion in the work of renowned playwright Bertolt Brecht. Rather than reducing Brecht's use of the Bible to the purely satirical, the author interprets the full dramatic function of Brecht's complex use of scripture.

Prussian-born cartographer Oscar Hinrichs was a key member of Stonewall Jackson's staff, and worked alongside such prominent Confederate leaders as Joe Johnston and Jubal Early. Hinrichs's detailed wartime journals, published here for the first time, shed new light on mapmaking as a tool of war.

Advances an historical analysis that is comparative, transnational, and interdisciplinary to understand the causes, consequences, and networks of biological exchange and ecological change resulting from imperialism.

The story of religion in America is one of unparalleled diversity and protection of the religious rights of individuals. But that story is a muddied one. This new and expanded edition of a classroom favorite tells a jolting of how American society has been and continues to be replete with religious intolerance.

The product of a week-long teacher workshop held on the campus of Appalachian State University in June, 1995. The purpose of the workshop was to allow children of the Southern Appalachian region to gain better educational access to the tremendous resources of this area.

The product of a week-long symposium workshop held at Radford University In June 1998. The purpose of the workshop was to create materials that allowed children from the Southern Appalachian region to gain better access to the natural and cultural resources available on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Originally published in 1989, Pilgrims of Paradox is based on extensive fieldwork conducted in the 1980s. Despite what may seem a fatalistic doctrine, Peacock and Tyson show that the Primitive Baptists live vigorous, sturdy lives marked by self-sufficiency and caring for their community.

This pest control guide is a project of the Southern Nursery IPM Working Group (SNIPM) and collaborators. Featuring 25 tables and 14 graphs, this guide provides up to date information about pest control products used in nursery crops and ornamental landscape plantings in the southeast.

Originally published in 1926, Twenty Years Hunting and Fishing in the Great Smoky Mountains is a vivid, firsthand account of life in rural Appalachia. Samuel J. Hunnicutt was an avid and accomplished outdoorsman. Hunnicutt's original work, long considered a lost classic, is presented here in an unaltered facsimile edition with a new introduction by Jim Casada.

The Fifth Biennial Linear Parks Conference was held in Boone, North Carolina, on September 8-11, 1993. Contributors to the proceedings include Edward T. McMahon; Sidonio Costa Pardal; Nancy K. Robinson; Peter S. Szabo; Jim Fox; Sharon Kashkin and Gene Brothers; William E. Shepherd and Lynn Crafts; Janet Scheid; Richard Posner; Bonj Szczygiel; Harry L. Baker; and William L. Flournoy Jr.

Consists of tabulated entries describing 181 repositories in 195 counties in the South-Central Appalachia region which hold historical records documenting the political, social, cultural, and economic history of the region, and a list of "coming attractions", agencies which do not currently collect manuscript material but which plan to do so in the future.

The second volume of Emerging Patterns in the Southern Highlands: A Reference Atlas focuses on agriculture in the 156 counties in the Southern Appalachian region. In addition to the maps and data, six essays by scholars of the region are included to support and enrich the volume.

The Second Biennial Linear Parks Conference was held in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1987. Contributors to the proceedings include Gilbert W. Leebrick; Barry Buxton; Douglas Cruickshanks Jr.; Gary Everhardt; H.B. Ewert; John B. Slater; Harrold Eidsvik; Robert T. Mooney; Walter Rogers; Gary Klinedinst; Sarah Georgia Harrison; Sally Schauman and Mary Jorgensen; William G.E. Blair and Curtis A. Miller.

The Sixth Biennial Linear Parks Conference was held in Blacksburg, Virginia, on September 9-11, 1995. Contributors to the proceedings include Steven Elkinton; Christopher D. Jones and William E. Hammitt; Philip A. Grant Jr.; Michael Mastrota; M. Rupert Cutler; Thomas G. Yahner, Timothy P. Johnson, Neil P. Korostoff, and A. Mark Battaglia; Kenneth R. Tamminga; and Susan M. Smith and Stefanie Mixon.

Published in 1977, this collection of essays was published to honour Cratis D. Williams upon his retirement from Appalachian State University. Williams was an influential scholar, folklorist, teacher, and administrator who spent much of his career focused on the Appalachian region.

In Hogwild readers learn that the term "Hogwild" was an outrageous ideology - that a loosely organised confederation of like-minded individuals could carve out a simple country lifestyle from an enclave of mountain land, raise their own crops, bring up their children in peace and serenity, and build their own free-spirited houses in an environmentally conservative fashion.

The Seventh Biennial Linear Parks Conference was held in Lake Junaluska Assembly, North Carolina, in September 1997. Contributors to the proceedings are Kathleen L. Kadlec; Bill Carson; Bill Carson and Judith Francis; Edward J.P. Hauser; Philip A. Grant Jr.; Fred J. Hay; Curt Cottle; Lee R. Skabelund and Lon Williams; Peter Givens; Daniel L. McDonald; Charles E. Roe; Jay Singh; and Donna Warmuth.