German 152: Berlin: Sin City, Divided City, City of the Future
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Professor: Jill Smith Research Assistant: Sally T. Hudson ('10) Librarian: Karl Fattig ( ) Spring 2009 |
Introduction
The purpose of this guide is to identify resources both in the Library and online with biographical, critical and cultural information that will help you with your class assignments. If you have specific problems using these tools, ask the reference librarian on duty. Always feel free to call or e-mail me (x3027, kfattig@bowdoin.edu) for individual assistance. I am usually available online via chat services such as AIM (screen name: cherlubin) and ICQ (151164662). Feel free to IM me.
Research Strategies
The materials in this guide have been selected because they provide comprehensive, current information and represent good starting points for your work. Another great source is the library catalog. You will find information about Berlin and its cultural history by searching for the keyword Berlin. Once you've found a book that matches what you're looking for, you may find more relevant sources by clicking on the subject links in the record. Here are some examples of more precise subject searches:
Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs (subject search)
National socialism and art (subject search)
Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century (subject search)
Berlin (Germany) -- Description and travel (subject search)
German literature -- 20th century (subject search)
Literature
Some Library catalog searches: Döblin, Alfred (subject) - Isherwood, Christopher (subject) - Berlin (Germany) -- Fiction (subject) - Cold War in literature (subject) - Berlin (Germany) -- In literature (subject)
Relevant Databases: MLA International Bibliography - Literature Resource Center - Contemporary Authors/Contemporary Literary Criticism/Dictionary of Literary Biography
Selected books and web sites:
Berlin and its culture : a historical portrait / Ronald Taylor (A recent cultural historical work with a significant bibliography: Available: Main Libr DD866.8 .T39 1997)
The Oxford companion to German literature / by Henry and Mary Garland (Handbook of German literature: HL Reference: Main Ref PT41 .G3 1997)
Encyclopedia of German Literature / Matthias Konzett, editor (Recent English encyclopedia of German literature: E-Book)
Berlin in the 1920's: Literature subsection and General Resources subsection (web-based course guide from Wellesley)
Berlin Topographies: Literature subsection and Resources subsection (web guide to cultural Berlin, from Univ. of Texas Germanic Studies Dept.)
Art
Some Library catalog searches: Dix, Otto (subject) - Höch, Hannah (subject) - Grosz, George (subject) - Mammen, Jeanne (keyword) - Berlin (Germany) -- In art (subject)
Relevant Databases: Art Abstracts - BHA/Bibliography of the History of Art - Oxford Art Online
Selected books and web sites:
Berlin art now / Mark Gisbourne ; photographs by Jim Rakete ; edited by Ulf Meyer zu Küingdorf/ (A curator discusses the attraction of post-Wall Berlin to artists: Available: Art N6885 .G57 2006b)
Berlin in the twenties : art and culture, 1918-1933 / Rainer Metzger ; Christian Brandstätter, picture editor (A good and recent cultural history of Weimar Berlin: Available: Main Libr DD880 .M3813 2007)
Berlin/New York : like and unlike : essays on architecture and art from 1870 to the present / edited by Josef Paul Kleihues and Christina Rathgeber (Comparison of Berlin and New York as "art cities", Available: Main Libr N7428.5 .B47 1993)
Bloomsbury Guide to Art / Shearer West, editor (Not limited to Berlin, a general art historical guide: eBook)
Berlin in the 1920's: Art/Architecture subsection and General Resources subsection (web-based course guide from Wellesley)
Berlin Topographies: Art subsection and Buildings subsection and Resources subsection (web guide to cultural Berlin, from Univ. of Texas Germanic Studies Dept.)
Art History Research Guide (Bowdoin College Library)
History
Some Library catalog searches: Berlin (Germany) -- History (subject) - Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1990- (subject) - Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1945-1990 (subject) - Berlin (Germany) -- History -- 1918-1945 (subject) - World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Berlin (subject)
Relevant Databases: Historical Abstracts - Academic Search Premier - Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Selected books and web sites:
Berlin / David Clay Large (A recent cultural historical work with a significant bibliography: On reserve: DD860 .L37 2000)
Faust's metropolis : a history of Berlin / Alexandra Richie (Encyclopedic in scope with an excellent bibliography, On Reserve: DD881 .R5 1998)
The ghosts of Berlin : confronting German history in the urban landscape / Brian Ladd (architectural history within the context of Berlin's cultural tradtion: On Reserve: HT169.G32 B4127 1997)
Encyclopedia of the Cold War : a political, social, and military history / Spencer C. Tucker, editor (a comprehensive reference work, not limited to Germany, but with the most recent scholarship: H-L Reference: D840 .E63 2008 (v1.-v.5))
Berlin in the 1920's: Politics/History subsection and General Resources subsection (web-based course guide from Wellesley)
Berlin Topographies: Berlin timeline and Key Figures and Resources subsection (web guide to cultural Berlin, from Univ. of Texas Germanic Studies Dept.)
History Research Guide (Bowdoin College Library)
Music
Some Library catalog searches: Eisler, Hanns (subject) - Weill, Kurt (subject) - Strauss, Richard (subject)
Relevant Databases: International Index to Music Periodicals - Grove Music Online - Naxos Music Library - Smithsonian Global Sound
Selected books, cd's and web sites:
Recomposing German music : politics and musical tradition in Cold War Berlin / by Elizabeth Janik (Music history of an important period in Berlin: Available: Main Libr ML275.8.B47 J36 2005)
Entartete Musik (Bowdoin's holdings) Entartete Musik (NExpress Libraries' holdings) (Decca's series of music CD's of music banned by the Third Reich)
Symphonic aspirations : German music and politics, 1900-1945 / Karen Painter (an examination of the politics of German symphonic music: Available: Music ML275.5 .P35 2007)
Berlin cabaret / Peter Jelavich (scholarly examination of the history of Berlin cabaret from 1901 until its downfall: Available: Main Libr PN1968.G3 J45 1993)
Berlin: Musical City / Naxos Music Library file (digital album of Berlin-written and inspired music: Streaming Audio)
Berlin in the 1920's: Music/Cabaret/Theater subsection and General Resources subsection (web-based course guide from Wellesley)
Music Research Guide (Bowdoin College Library)
Film
Some Library catalog searches: Motion pictures -- Germany (subject) Berlin (keyword scoped to videos/dvds) - Wenders, Wim (subject) - Wenders, Wim (author)
Relevant Databases: Film Index International - Film Literature Index
Selected books and web sites:
West German cinema since 1945 : a reference handbook / by Richard C. Helt and Marie E. Helt (A somewhat dated reference work, but coverning more than 3300 films: Main Ref: PN1993.5.G3 H435 1987)
The BFI companion to German cinema / edited by Thomas Elsaesser with Michael Wedel (Includes good thematic guides and more in depth treatment of subjects than above, Main Ref: PN1993.5.G3 B45 1999)
Berlin in the 1920's: Film subsection and General Resources subsection (web-based course guide from Wellesley)
Berlin Topographies: Film subsection and Resources subsection (web guide to cultural Berlin, from Univ. of Texas Germanic Studies Dept.)
Film Studies Research Guide (Bowdoin College Library)
Finding Images
Berlin : eine Kulturgeschichte in Bildern und Dokumenten / Wolfgang Schneider ; Bildausw. und -zsstellung. von Wolfgang Gottschalk (Though in German and published in 1983, includes nearly 600 illustrations relevant to Berlin: Main Libr DD860 .S35 1983)
ArtSTOR (licensed image database - contains many representations of Berlin, in art and architectural photographs)>
Main Page - Wikimedia Commons (Wikimedia Commons provides images in the public domain)
Yahoo! Image Search (Includes more images than Wikimedia Commons, but many are commercial)
Google Images (Similar to Yahoo!)
This page created and maintained by Karl Maria Fattig. Last update: February 12, 2009.
