Eichner, Hans

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EICHNER, Hans

EICHNER, Hans. Canadian (born Austria), b. 1921. Genres: Novels, Literary criticism and history. Career: Professor, 1967-88, Chairman, 1973-88, and Professor Emeritus, 1988-, Dept. of German, University of Toronto, ON. General Ed., Canadian Studies in German Language and Literature, 1970-. Assistant Lecturer, Bedford College, University of London, 1948-50; Assistant Professor, 1950-56, Associate Professor, 1956-62, and Prof, and Head of Dept. of German, 1962-67, Queen's University, Kingston, ON. Publications: Thomas Mann: Eine Einfuehrung in sein Werk, 1953, 1961; Friedrich Schlegel: Literary Notebooks 1797-1801, 1957; (with H. Hein) Reading German for Scientists, 1959; Four Modern German Authors: Mann, Rilke, Kafka, Brecht, 1964; Friedrich Schlegel, 1970; Deutsche Literatur im klassischromantischen Zeitalter, 1789-1805, vol. I, 1990; Kahn & Engelmann (novel), 2000. EDITOR: Kritische Friedrich Schlegel-Ausgabe, vols. II-VI, 1959-74, vol. XVI, 1981; (with L. Kahn) Studies in German in Memory of Robert L. Kahn, 1971; Romantic and Its Cognates: The European History of a Word, 1972; (with E. Behler) F. Schlegel, Studienausgabe, 6 vols., 1988; Hamann, Ausgewaehlte Schriften, 1994 Ausgewaehlte Schriften, 1994. Address: Box 41, Rockwood, ON, Canada N0B 2K0.