Eastern, Slavic, and German Studies Faculty

Michael Resler

Professor of German Studies

Academic Honors

Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)

Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award, Omicron Chapter of Massachusetts, Boston College

Erec by Hartmann von Aue. Translation, Introduction, Commentary:

  • Outstanding Academic Book Award (Choice Magazine)
  • Certificate of Award (Philadelphia Book Clinic)

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship

Boston College Summer Research Grant

Harvard Graduate Society Prize for Best Teaching Fellow in German, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, Harvard University

Bernhard Blume Award for Academic Excellence, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures, Harvard University

Fulbright / DAAD Fellowship, Bochum and Mainz, Germany

Woodrow Wilson Fellowship

Phi Beta Kappa, College of William & Mary

Publications

Der Stricker. Daniel von dem Bl眉henden Tal. Altdeutsche Textbibliothek, Vol. 92. Third revised and expanded edition. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2015. Pp. xxviii + 322. ISBN 978-3-11-034328-1.

鈥淕erman Printers Represented in the Incunabula Holdings of the Burns Library.鈥 To appear in听Early German Printers and the Incunabula Collection of the Burns Library.

Saviors in the Night听(2009): German Loyalty 鈥 to the Reich or to Humanity?鈥 In听Through a Lens Darkly: Films of Genocide, Ethnic Cleansing, and Atrocities. Eds. John J. Michalczyk and Raymond G. Helmick, S.J. New York, NY: Peter Lang, 2013. 137-44.

鈥淪now White in Lohr am Main.鈥 Trans. of 鈥淪chneewittchen in Lohn a. Main.鈥 Web entry for German-language Wikipedia:听. Summer 2012.

Writing on the Wall: Remembering the Berlin Wall. Associate producer, field producer and narrator for film by John J. Michalczyk and Ronald A. Marsh. Premiere showing October 11, 2009, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Review of听Ulrich von Zatzikhoven, Lanzelet, 1:听Text und 脺bersetzung; 2:听Forschungsbericht und Kommentar, ed. Florian Kragl. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2006. 1: pp. xv, 1鈥794. 2: pp. iv, 795鈥1389 plus CD-ROM; tables and 1 diagram.听Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 83 (October, 2008), 1046-1048.

Review of听A Companion to the Works of Hartmann von Aue, ed. by Frank Gentry.听Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 106:3 (July, 2007), 366-69

Review of听Wirnt von Gravenberg鈥檚 Wigalois, by Neil Thomas.听Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 105:3 (July 2006), 456-58.

鈥淒er Stricker.鈥澨German Literature of the High Middle Ages. Ed. Will Hasty. Vol. 3 of听The Camden House History of German Literature. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2006. 215-23.

Mechthild von Magdeburg,听Das flie脽ende Licht der Gottheit. Excerpts transl. for听. Cantata for chorus, string quintet and harp, by Thomas Oboe Lee. Premiere performance October 29, 2005, at Society for Ethical Cultural, New York City.

Daniel of the Blossoming Valley by der Stricker. Translation with Introduction and Notes. Garland Library of Medieval Literature, Vol. 58. New York and London: Garland, 1990. Pp. 1xx + 214. Reprinted 2005. ISBN 0-9760873-1-6.

Introduction to听Daniel of the Blossoming Valley by der Stricker. Translation with Introduction and Notes. (Garland Library of Medieval Literature, Vol. 58. New York and London: Garland, 1990). Reprinted in听Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Vol. 75. Ed. Jelena Krstovic. Detroit: Thompson Gale, 2005. 348-64.

Erec by Hartmann von Aue. Translation, Introduction, Commentary. Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987. Pp. x + 231. Reprinted 2004. ISBN 0-9760873-0-8.

Daniel von dem Bl眉henden Tal by der Stricker. Arthurian Archives, 9; German Romance I. Woodbridge, UK, and Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2003. Pp. 435. ISBN 0-85991-793-2.

REVIEW: Sullivan, Joseph M.听Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 80, No. 3 (July, 2005), 989-91.

"aventiure," "b没hurt," "h么her muot," "h么h(ge)z卯t," "kneht," "Nibelungenhalle," "Nibelungenstra脽e," "n么t," "Walther von der Vogelweide," "Wolfger von Erla," "Worms."听. Ed. Francis G. Gentry, Winder McConnell, Ulrich M眉ller and Werner Wunderlich. New York and London: Routledge, 2002.

Review of听Walther von der Vogelweide. Gedichte, 1: Der Spruchdichter, ed. by Hermann Paul, eleventh edition, supervised by Silvia Ranawake, mit einem Melodieanhang von Horst Brunner.听Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 73 (October, 1998), 1172-1173.

Review of听The Lament of the Nibelungen (Div Chlage),听transl. by Winder McConnell.听The German Quarterly, 69, No. 1 (Winter 1996), 80-81.

Der Stricker. Daniel von dem Bl眉henden Tal. Altdeutsche Textbibliothek, Vol. 92. Second revised edition. T眉bingen: Niemeyer, 1995. Pp. xxvi + 364. ISBN 3-484-20192-4 and 3-484-21192-X.

REVIEWS: Kalinke, Marianne E.听Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 97, No. 2 (April 1998), 295f.; [Lecouteux, Claude].听Etudes g茅rmaniques, 21 (1997), 344; Okken, Lambertus.听Amsterdamer Beitr盲ge, 46 (1996), 245-247; Wells, David A.听The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 57 (1995), 683.

"Thomasin von Zerclaere." In听German Writers and Works of the High Middle Ages: 1170-1280. Ed. James Hardin and Will Hasty. Vol. 138 of听Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, Washington, D.C., London: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1994. 133-140.

"Der Stricker." In听German Writers and Works of the High Middle Ages: 1170-1280. Ed. James Hardin and Will Hasty. Vol. 138 of听Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detriot, Washington, D.C., London: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 1994. 117-132.

Daniel of the Blossoming Valley by der Stricker. Translation with Introduction and Notes. Garland Library of Medieval Literature, Vol. 58. New York and London: Garland, 1990. Pp. 1xx + 214. ISBN 0-8240-1515-0.

REVIEWS: Classen, Albrecht.听German Studies Review, 15, No. 2 (May 1992), 373-375; Johnson, Sidney M. Journal of听English and Germanic Philology, 91, No. 1 (January 1992), 102-107; Kalinke Marianne E.听Quondam et Futurus, 1, No. 3 (Fall 1991), 89-91; Wells, David A.听The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 52 (1990), 619.

"The Endings of the Definite Article as Primary Determinants in the Adjectival Phrase."听Die Unterrichtspraxis, 22 (Spring 1989), 46-51.

"Middle High German. Der Stricker: Daniel of the Blossoming Valley." Chapter VII of听The Romance of Arthur. Vol. III. Ed. James J. Wilhelm. New York and London: Garland, 1988. 185-258.

"Anmerkungen zum Textverst盲ndnis des Erec von Hartmann von Aue."听Studia Neophilologica. A Journal of Germanic and Romance Languages and Literature, 60, No. 1 (1988), 77-95.

Review of听Hartmann von Aue: Erec, ed. by Albert Leitzmann, sixth edition, supervised by Christoph Cormeau and Kurt G盲rtner.听Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 62 (July, 1987), 683-685.

Erec by Hartmann von Aue. Translation, Introduction, Commentary. Middle Ages Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987. Pp. x + 231. ISBN 0-8122-8074-1 and 0-8122-1247-9.

REVIEWS: Buschinger, Danielle.听Cathiers de Civilisation Medievale, 35, No. 4 (1992), 399-401; Classen, Albrecht.听German Studies Review, 11, No. 1 (1988), 141; Gentry, F.G.听Choice, 25, No. 7 (March 1988), n. p. [also:听Choice, 25, No. 9 (May 1988), 1408]; Johnson, Sidney M.听Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 88, No. 4 (October 1989), 575-578; Keller, Thomas L.听Die Unterrichtspraxis, 22 (Fall 1989), 209; K枚nig, Fritz H.听Translation Review, 46 (1994), xx-xx; McConeghy, Patrick M.听Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 64, No. 4 (October 1989), 964-966; Meyer, Kathleen J.听Monatshefte, 82, No. 2 (Summer 1989), 251f.; Wells, David A.听The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 49 (1987), 635.

Review of听'Arabel'-Studien III. Arabel und Willehalm auf west-枚stlichem Divan, by Werner Schr枚der.听Colloquia Germanica. Internationale Zeitschrift f眉r germanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, 19, No. 1 (1986), 73-74.

Review of听'Arabel'-Studien II. Von der Ankunft Willehalms in Todjerne bis zu Tybalts Abschied von Arabel,听by Werner Schr枚der. Colloquia Germanica. Internationale Zeitschrift f眉r germanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, 18, No. 1 (1985), 82-83.

"Zur Datierung von Strickers Daniel von dem Bl眉henden Tal,"听Euphorion, 78, No. 1 (1984), 17-30.

Der Stricker. Daniel von dem Bl眉henden Tal. Altdeutsche Textbibliothek, Vol. 92. T眉bingen: Niemeyer, 1983. Pp. xx + 364. ISBN 3-484-21192-x and 3-484-20192-4.

REVIEWS: Blosen, Hans.听Germanistik, 27 (1986), 855; Hart, Thomas Elwood.听Colloquia Germanica. Internationale Zeitschrift f眉r germanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, 17 (1984), 124-128; Krohn, R[眉diger].听Wissenschaftlicher Literaturanzeiger, 22/23 (Dec. 1, 1984), n.p.; Lecouteux, Claude.听Etudes g茅rmaniques, 39 (1984), 67; Quak, Arend.听Amsterdamer Beitr盲ge zur 盲lteren Germanistik, 21 (1984), 197f.; Rocher, Daniel.听Cahiers de civilisation medievale, 30 (1987), 87-89; Schlosser, Horst D.听Arbitrium: Zeitschrift f眉r Rezensionen zur germanistischen Literaturwissenschaft, 4 (1986), 33-36; Spiewok, Wolfgang.听Deutsche Literaturzeitung f眉r Kritik der internationalen Wissenschaften, 105 (November 1984), 863-65; Ukena-Best, Elke.听Beitr盲ge zur Geschichte der deutschen Sprache und Literatur, 110 (1988), 132-37; Wailes, Stephen L.听Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 83 (1984), 406f; Werlin, Josef.听Leuvense Bijdragen, 73 (1984), 379f.

Review of听Konrad von W眉rzburg: Engelhard, third edition, ed. by Ingo Reiffenstein.听Colloquia Germanica. Internationale Zeitschrift f眉r germanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, 16, No. 2/3 (1983), 231-32.

Review of听Wege und Formen der Passional眉berlieferung, by Hans-Georg Richert.听Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 54 (October, 1979), 850-854.

"A Structural Approach to Aichinger's 'Spiegelgeschichte.'"听Die Unterrichtspraxis, 12 (Spring 1979), 30-37.

Review of "Wigalois" und "Diu Crone": Zwei Kapitel zur Gattungsgeschichte des nachklassischen Aventiureromans, by Christoph Cormeau. Speculum:听A Journal of Medieval Studies, 53 (October, 1978), 793-795.

Review of听Strickers Daniel von dem Bl眉henden Tal: Werkstruktur und Interpretation unter Ber眉cksichtigung der handschriftlichen 脺berlieferung, by Ingeborg Henderson. Speculum.听A Journal of Medieval Studies, 53 (July, 1978), 581-583.