Judith Ryan
Judith Ryan | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney, University of Münster |
| Thesis | Umschlag und Verwandlung Poet. Struktur u. Dichtungstheorie in R. M. Rilkes Lyrik d. mittleren Perodie (1907-1914) (1970) |
Judith L. Ryan is the emerita Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Research Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. She is known for her work on German studies from the 19th century to the present.
Education and career
[edit]A graduate of the University of Sydney, Australia, she received her doctorate at the University of Münster, Germany, in 1970. Before joining the faculty at Harvard University in 1985, she taught at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
As of 2025 she is the emerita Robert K. and Dale J. Weary Research Professor of German and Comparative Literature.[1]
Awards and honors
[edit]Ryan received the Humboldt Research Award in 2009-2010.[2] She received the Basilius Award for Germanics for her book The Uncompleted Past: Postwar German Novels and the Third Reich and was twice awarded the Max Kade Prize for Best Article of the year in The German Quarterly (in 1982 and 1990). [citation needed]
Selected publications
[edit]- Ryan, Judith. The Cambridge Introduction to German Poetry. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
- Ryan, Judith. The Novel After Theory. New York: Columbia University Press, 2012.[3]
- Wellbery, David, and Judith Ryan. A New History of German Literature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 2004, 2004.
- Ryan, Judith. Rilke, Modernism and Poetic Tradition. Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999.[4]
- Ryan, Judith. The Vanishing Subject: Early Psychology and Literary Modernism. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1991.[5]
- Ryan, Judith. The Uncompleted Past: Postwar German Novels and the Third Reich. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1983.[6]
- Ryan, Judith. Umschlag und Verwandlung. Poetische Struktur und Dichtungstheorie in R. M. Rilkes Lyrik der mittleren Periode (1907-1914). Munich: Winkler, 1972.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Judith Ryan". People - Judith Ryan. Harvard University. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ↑ "Prof. Dr. Judith Lyndal Ryan". Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ↑ Reviews of The Novel After Theory
- Cottom, Daniel (2013). "Review of The Novel After Theory". Modern Fiction Studies. 59 (4): 852–855. ISSN 0026-7724. JSTOR 26287286.
- Esteve, Mary (2013). Ryan, Judith (ed.). "Postword, Postconcept: Contemporary Fiction and Theory". Contemporary Literature. 54 (1): 183–190. doi:10.1353/cli.2013.0007. ISSN 0010-7484. JSTOR 43297911.
- Kohlross, Christian (2012). "Review of The Novel After Theory". The German Quarterly. 85 (4): 490–493. ISSN 0016-8831. JSTOR 23275301.
- ↑ Reviews of Rilke, Modernism and Poetic Tradition
- Komar, Kathleen L. (2000). "Review of Rilke, Modernism and Poetic Tradition". The German Quarterly. 73 (4): 434–435. doi:10.2307/3072777. ISSN 0016-8831. JSTOR 3072777.
- Pettersson, Torsten (2001). "Review of Rilke, Modernism and Poetic Tradition". The Modern Language Review. 96 (4): 1145–1146. doi:10.2307/3735960. ISSN 0026-7937. JSTOR 3735960.
- ↑ Reviews of The Vanishing Subject
- Simon, Linda (1992). Ryan, Judith (ed.). "Literary Shrinkage". The American Scholar. 61 (4): 622–625. ISSN 0003-0937. JSTOR 41213405.
- Buck, Claire (1993). Ryan, Judith (ed.). "Modernist Subjects". Novel: A Forum on Fiction. 26 (2): 242–244. doi:10.2307/1345695. ISSN 0029-5132. JSTOR 1345695.
- Herminghouse, Patricia (1994). "Review of The Vanishing Subject: Early Psychology and Literary Modernism". The German Quarterly. 67 (2): 270–271. doi:10.2307/408424. ISSN 0016-8831. JSTOR 408424.
- ↑ Reviews of The Uncompleted Past
- Wagener, Hans (1985). "Review of The Uncompleted past. Postwar German Novels and the Third Reich". The German Quarterly. 58 (1): 141–142. doi:10.2307/406072. ISSN 0016-8831. JSTOR 406072.
- Ziolkowski, Theodore (1984). "Review of The Uncompleted Past: Postwar German Novels and the Third Reich". World Literature Today. 58 (3): 412. doi:10.2307/40139447. ISSN 0196-3570. JSTOR 40139447.
