CRITICISM

Bamforth, Iain. “Writing with a Scalpel: Georg Büchner.” PN Review 26, no. 16 (July-August 2000): 17-26.

Includes a partial English translation of Büchner's Lenz preceded by a brief biographical introduction to the novella.

Bohm, Arnd. “Büchner's Lucile and the Situation of Celan's ‘Der Meridian.’” Michigan Germanic Studies 17, no. 2 (fall 1991): 119-27.

Traces similarities of theme in Paul Celan's “Der Meridian” and Danton's Death.

Constabile, Carol Anne. “Christa Wolf's Büchner Prize Acceptance Speech: An Exercise in Sprach- and Kulturkritik.” Germanic Notes 22, no. 1-2 (1991): 58-61.

Mentions Lenz as part of a discussion of the modern contradiction between scientific and literary language.

Del Caro, Adrian. “Paul Celan's Uncanny Speech.” Philosophy and Literature 18, no. 2 (October 1994): 211-24.

Explores the concept of “the uncanny” (das Unheimliche) in literature, applying this idea to works by Büchner, Paul Celan, and others.

Hermand, Jost. “Deepest Misery—Highest Art: Alban Berg's Wozzeck.” Houston German Studies 8 (1992): 173-92.

Calls Alban Berg's Wozzeck “the greatest opera of the twentieth century” and explores the work's relationship to its literary source, Büchner's drama Woyzeck.

Horton, David. “Georg Büchner's Lenz in English.” Babel 41, no. 2 (1995): 65-85.

Examines four English translations of Lenz, probing stylistic affinities between these texts and the German original.

Martin, Laura. “‘Schlechtes Mensch/Gutes Opfer’: The Role of Marie in Georg Büchner's Woyzeck.” In Gendering German Studies: New Perspectives on German Literature and Culture, edited by Margaret Littler, pp. 51-66. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1997.

Feminist analysis of Woyzeck that discusses what Martin considers the hypocritical male scapegoating and sacrifice of Maria in the drama.

Müller-Sievers, Helmut. “Büchner-Cult.” MLN 112, no. 3 (April 1997): 470-85.

Offers discussion and favorable reviews of Jan-Christoph Hauschild's biography Georg Büchner and John Reddick's critical study Georg Büchner: The Shattered Whole.

Perraudin, Michael. “Towards a New Cultural Life: Büchner and the ‘Volk.’” Modern Language Review 86, no. 3 (July 1991): 627-44.

Assesses Büchner's representation of common people (das Volk) in his dramas.

Richards, David G. Georg Büchner and the Birth of the Modern Drama. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1977, 289 p.

Study of Büchner's seminal influence on modern theater.

Stern, Sheila. “Truth So Difficult: George Eliot and Georg Büchner: A Shared Theme.” Modern Language Review 96, no. 1 (January 2001): 1-13.

Suggests the possible thematic influence of Lenz on George Eliot's novel Adam Bede.

Walker, John. “‘Ach die Kunst! … Ach, die erbärmliche Wirklichkeit!’ Suffering, Empathy, and the Relevance of Realism in Büchner's Lenz.” Forum for Modern Language Studies 33, no. 2 (April 1997): 157-70.

Describes the tension between human empathy and philosophical idealism illustrated in Büchner's Lenz.

Additional coverage of Büchner's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Thomson Gale: Concise Dictionary of World Literary Biography, Vol. 2; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 133; European Writers, Vol. 6; Literature Resource Center; Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Vol. 26; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to World Literature, Eds. 2, 3; and Twayne's World Authors.