David J Levin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1485682 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David J Levin |
| GIVEN NAMES | David J |
| FAMILY NAME | Levin |
| SIGNATURE | LEVIN D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Columbia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994
Research Article| October 01 2002 Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994 Patrick A. Langan, PhD, Patrick A. Langan, PhD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar David J. Levin, PhD David J. Levin, PhD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Federal Sentencing Reporter (2002) 15 (1): 58–65. https://doi.org/10.1525/fsr.2002.15.1.58 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & table…
Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen
This highly original book draws on narrative and film theory, psychoanalysis, and musicology to explore the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture. David Levin argues that Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and Fritz Lang's 1920s film Die Nibelungen creatively exploit contrasts between good and bad aesthetics to address the question of what is German and what is not. He…
Are We Victims Yet? Resistance and Community in The White Rose, Five Last Days , and The Nasty Girl
(1998). Are We Victims Yet? Resistance and Community in The White Rose, Five Last Days, and The Nasty Girl. The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory: Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 86-100
Reading Beckmesser Reading
Taking Liberties with Liberties Taken
Let us begin where the film begins, with the wordplay in its title. The word Befreier designates a liberator (or liberators), but the film's title spells Befreier with a capital f, thus drawing attention to the word Freier contained within it. In antiquated German, Freier designates a suitor (or suitors), one who would seek the hand of a maiden; in modern German it designates a john or johns (in the sense of a prostitute's customer). Thus, the fi…
The Debate about Cinema
In the following I will examine the critical confrontation between literature and the emerging medium of film in the context of poetological discussions which took place during the 1910 Os and 1920s. The incursion of film into the literary domain between 1909 and 1929 forced mainstream literature into a self-reflective mode which had important social and aesthetic consequences. During these years, cinema became an object of discussion to the exte…
Taking Liberties with Liberties Taken
Let us begin where the film begins, with the wordplay in its title. The word Befreier designates a liberator (or liberators), but the film's title spells Befreier with a capital f, thus drawing attention to the word Freier contained within it. In antiquated German, Freier designates a suitor (or suitors), one who would seek the hand of a maiden; in modern German it designates a john or johns (in the sense of a prostitute's customer). Thus, the fi…
The Debate about Cinema
In the following I will examine the critical confrontation between literature and the emerging medium of film in the context of poetological discussions which took place during the 1910 Os and 1920s. The incursion of film into the literary domain between 1909 and 1929 forced mainstream literature into a self-reflective mode which had important social and aesthetic consequences. During these years, cinema became an object of discussion to the exte…
Are We Victims Yet? Resistance and Community in The White Rose, Five Last Days , and The Nasty Girl
(1998). Are We Victims Yet? Resistance and Community in The White Rose, Five Last Days, and The Nasty Girl. The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory: Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 86-100
The Debate about Cinema
In the following I will examine the critical confrontation between literature and the emerging medium of film in the context of poetological discussions which took place during the 1910 Os and 1920s. The incursion of film into the literary domain between 1909 and 1929 forced mainstream literature into a self-reflective mode which had important social and aesthetic consequences. During these years, cinema became an object of discussion to the exte…
Taking Liberties with Liberties Taken
Let us begin where the film begins, with the wordplay in its title. The word Befreier designates a liberator (or liberators), but the film's title spells Befreier with a capital f, thus drawing attention to the word Freier contained within it. In antiquated German, Freier designates a suitor (or suitors), one who would seek the hand of a maiden; in modern German it designates a john or johns (in the sense of a prostitute's customer). Thus, the fi…
Reading Beckmesser Reading
Are We Victims Yet? Resistance and Community in The White Rose, Five Last Days , and The Nasty Girl
(1998). Are We Victims Yet? Resistance and Community in The White Rose, Five Last Days, and The Nasty Girl. The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory: Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 86-100
Richard Wagner, Fritz Lang, and the Nibelungen
This highly original book draws on narrative and film theory, psychoanalysis, and musicology to explore the relationship between aesthetics and anti-Semitism in two controversial landmarks in German culture. David Levin argues that Richard Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and Fritz Lang's 1920s film Die Nibelungen creatively exploit contrasts between good and bad aesthetics to address the question of what is German and what is not. He…
Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994
Research Article| October 01 2002 Recidivism of Prisoners Released in 1994 Patrick A. Langan, PhD, Patrick A. Langan, PhD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar David J. Levin, PhD David J. Levin, PhD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Federal Sentencing Reporter (2002) 15 (1): 58–65. https://doi.org/10.1525/fsr.2002.15.1.58 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & table…
Art (4 works) · German History and Society (3 works) · History (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · German legal, social, and political studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works)