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 Blühenden Tal. Altdeutsche Textbibliothek, Vol. 92. Third revised and expanded edition. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2015. Pp. xxviii + 322. ISBN 978-3-11-034328-1.

“German Printers Represented in the Incunabula Holdings of the Burns Library.” To appear inEarly German Printers and the Incunabula Collection of the Burns Library.

Saviors in the Night(2009): German Loyalty — to the Reich or to Humanity?” InThrough 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.

“Snow White in Lohr am Main.” Trans. of “Schneewittchen in Lohn a. Main.” Web entry for German-language Wikipedia:. 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 ofUlrich von Zatzikhoven, Lanzelet, 1:Text und Übersetzung; 2:Forschungsbericht und Kommentar, ed. Florian Kragl. Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 2006. 1: pp. xv, 1–794. 2: pp. iv, 795–1389 plus CD-ROM; tables and 1 diagram.Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 83 (October, 2008), 1046-1048.

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

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

“Der Stricker.”German Literature of the High Middle Ages. Ed. Will Hasty. Vol. 3 ofThe Camden House History of German Literature. Rochester, NY: Camden House, 2006. 215-23.

Mechthild von Magdeburg,Das fließende Licht der Gottheit. Excerpts transl. for. 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 toDaniel 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 inClassical 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 Blühenden 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.Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 80, No. 3 (July, 2005), 989-91.

"aventiure," "bûhurt," "hôher muot," "hôh(ge)zît," "kneht," "Nibelungenhalle," "Nibelungenstraße," "nôt," "Walther von der Vogelweide," "Wolfger von Erla," "Worms.". Ed. Francis G. Gentry, Winder McConnell, Ulrich Müller and Werner Wunderlich. New York and London: Routledge, 2002.

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

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

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

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

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

"Der Stricker." InGerman Writers and Works of the High Middle Ages: 1170-1280. Ed. James Hardin and Will Hasty. Vol. 138 ofDictionary 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.German Studies Review, 15, No. 2 (May 1992), 373-375; Johnson, Sidney M. Journal ofEnglish and Germanic Philology, 91, No. 1 (January 1992), 102-107; Kalinke Marianne E.Quondam et Futurus, 1, No. 3 (Fall 1991), 89-91; Wells, David A.The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, 52 (1990), 619.

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

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

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

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

Review of'Arabel'-Studien III. Arabel und Willehalm auf west-östlichem Divan, by Werner Schröder.Colloquia Germanica. Internationale Zeitschrift für germanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, 19, No. 1 (1986), 73-74.

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

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

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

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

Review ofKonrad von Würzburg: Engelhard, third edition, ed. by Ingo Reiffenstein.Colloquia Germanica. Internationale Zeitschrift für germanische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft, 16, No. 2/3 (1983), 231-32.

Review ofWege und Formen der Passionalüberlieferung, by Hans-Georg Richert.Speculum. A Journal of Medieval Studies, 54 (October, 1979), 850-854.

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

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

Review ofStrickers Daniel von dem Blühenden Tal: Werkstruktur und Interpretation unter Berücksichtigung der handschriftlichen Überlieferung, by Ingeborg Henderson. Speculum.A Journal of Medieval Studies, 53 (July, 1978), 581-583.