Ekbert Faas
Dr. Ekbert Faas (born Egbert Klaus Faas, May 7 1938[1]) is a Professor Emeritus of English Literature and the Humanities, most recently at York University, Toronto. He is most noted for his work on aesthetic theory and as a historical novelist. Faas has also written several books on modern poets, including Ted Hughes, Robert Duncan, and Robert Creeley, which made a significant contribution to the study of Canadian and American poetry[2].
Life
Born in Berlin, Germany. He attended University of Munich, earning his DPhil in 1965. He then attended University of Würzburg and graduated with his DHabil in 1971. He spent two years as a Research Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies in New York City[3]. He has been writing and teaching in various North American universities since 1972, including York University, Toronto[4]. While at York, he received the Leave Fellowship in 1982.
Notable Works
Shakespeare's Poetics (1986)
Shakespeare's theorizing about his art as reconstructed from his works in comparison with analogous theorizing by Michel de Montaigne and Francis Bacon.[5]
Tragedy and After: Euripides, Shakespeare, Goethe (1986)
“Faas has written a provocative book, challenging the familiar literary and philosophical theories of tragedy from Aristotle onwards. His judicious use of Nietzschean insights both stimulates and compels assent. Exuberant scholarship from first page to last.[6]”
Retreat into the Mind: Victorian Poetry and the Rise of Psychiatry (1991)
A book that accumulates over four hundred poets from the Romantic and Victorian eras and compares their work to the reviews of the era and medical journals for the treatment of the mentally ill[7][8].
Woyzeck's Head (1991)
Woyzeck's Head is Faas' attempt to recreate the historical reality behind Georg Büchner's play and its multiple operatic, and film adaptations by Alban Berg, Werner Herzog, and many others. It was shortlisted for the Smith Books First Novel Award,[9] and said to be, "full of real diabolical glee[10]." His writing was compared to Vladimir Nabokov[11], and the character of Dr. Adam Bergk is similar to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern[12].
Robert Creeley: A Biography (2001)
This biography uses interviews and writings from friends of Creeley, including journals of Creeley's first wife, Ann McKinnon[13].
The Genealogy of Aesthetics (2002)
Faas' controversial critique of Western aesthetics from a Nietzschean perspective[14][15]. It was met with fierce rebuttal by the Director General of the American Society of Aesthetics, Professor Dabney Townsend[14][15]. In 2010, Townsend held a lecture at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal titled The Genealogy of Aesthetics: An Attack[16].
The Survival of Beauty and Art (2013)
An evolution and cognitive science-inspired theory of beauty and art.
Bibliography[1]
- Schein und Sein in der frühelisabethanischen Lyrik und Prosa (Doctoral Thesis, 1965)
- Der Gendankenfuchs (The Thought Fox) (Berlin: LCB editionen, 1971)
- Poesie als Psychogramm (Munich: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1974)
- Offene Formen. Zur Entstehung einer neuen Asthetik (Open Forms: About the Emergence of a New Aesthetics) (Munich: Goldmann Verlag, 1975)
- Towards a New American Poetics (Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1978) ASIN B01K0U3VQE
- Ted Hughes: The Unaccommodated Universe (Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1980) ASIN B01FJ031EW
- Kenneth Rexroth. Excerpts from a Life (Santa Barbara: Conjunctions, 1981)
- Young Robert Duncan: Portrait of the Poet and Homosexual in Society (Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1984) ASIN B002SNJB66
- Shakespeare's Poetics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986) ISBN 0521308259 Search this book on
. - Tragedy and After: Euripides, Shakespeare, Goethe (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1986) ISBN 9780773506053 Search this book on .
- Retreat into the Mind: Victorian Poetry and the Rise of Psychiatry (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1988) ASIN B01K0PTD02
- Irving Layton and Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence 1953-1978 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press,1990) ISBN 9780773506572 Search this book on .
- Woyzeck's Head (Cormorant Books, 1991) ISBN 0920953581 Search this book on .
- Robert Creeley: A Biography (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001) ISBN 9780773521735 Search this book on .
- The Genealogy of Aesthetics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002) ISBN 978-0521811828 Search this book on .
- The Survival of Beauty and Art (Aguilar Press, 2013)
- Colón ˑ Aguilar ˑ Cortés (forthcoming, 2019)
- Naturalizing Aesthetics (forthcoming, 2019)
Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ekbert Faas". Retrieved 2019-01-10.
- ↑ Bowering, George (September 1, 1990). "Review". Globe and Mail.
- ↑ Faas, Ekbert. Personal Communication
- ↑ "Tragedy and After | McGill-Queen's University Press". www.mqup.ca. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
- ↑ Parr, A.N. (1989). "Shakespeare". Year's Work in English Studies. 67:1: 213–252 – via Oxford Academic.
- ↑ Irving Layton, personal correspondence with Faas.
- ↑ Trick, K.L.K. (1990). "Reviews : Ekbert Faas. Retreat into the Mind: Victorian Poetry and the Rise of Psychiatry". History of Psychiatry. 1:4: 434–435 – via SAGE Journals.
- ↑ "Review: Retreat into the Mind". Psychological Medicine. 20:1: 234. 1990 – via Cambridge.
- ↑ Radu, Kenneth (1992). "Teeming with Life" (PDF). Books in Review. April: 14–15.
- ↑ Ted Hughes, personal correspondence with Faas.
- ↑ Werner, H. (November 16, 1991). "Review". Toronto Star.
- ↑ Drobot, Eve (September 28, 1991). "Review". Globe and Mail.
- ↑ "Review". Globe and Mail. October 27, 2001.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Townsend, Dabney (2004). "The Genealogy of Aesthetics". European Journal of Philosophy. 12:1: 152–56.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Rindisbacher, H.J. (2005). "Review: The Genealogy of Aesthetics". European Legacy. 10:5: 543–45.
- ↑ Réseau Art Actuel (March 24, 2010). "Conférence de Dabney Townsend, le mercredi 24 mars à 18h au Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal". Réseau Art Actuel (in French). Retrieved 2019-01-21.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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