Norbert Miller (born 14 May 1937) is a German scholar of literature and art. He was professor of

literary studies Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Th ...

at the

Technische Universität Berlin The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...

from 1973 and retired in 2006.

Life

Born in Munich, Miller grew up in Berlin, Vienna and Munich and studied literature, musicology and art history in Frankfurt and Berlin. Around 1958 he came into contact with

Walter Höllerer Walter Höllerer (19 December 1922 – 20 May 2003) was a German writer, literary critic, and literature academic. He was professor of literary studies at the Technical University of Berlin from 1959 to 1988. Höllerer was a member of the Group ...

in Frankfurt, who became his teacher and friend. From 1962 to 1965 Miller was Höllerer's assistant at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. Later he joined Hans Mayer as his assistant. From 1973 Miller held a full professorship for Comparative Literature Studies at the TU Berlin. He was managing director of the institute there until 2004. Miller is still the editor of the journal ' and founded the ' together with Walter Höllerer.

Achievements

Miller's research focuses on

European literature Western literature, also known as European literature, is the literature written in the context of Western culture in the languages of Europe, as well as several geographically or historically related languages such as Basque and Hungarian, a ...

, art and music of the 18th to 20th centuries. In particular, he has repeatedly researched the debates of European

classicism Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. In its purest form, classicism is an aestheti ...

between

Winckelmann Winckelmann may refer to: * George Winckelmann (1884–1962), a Finnish lawyer and a diplomat * Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), a German art historian and archaeologist * Johann Just Winckelmann Johann Just Winckelmann (19 August 1620 ...

and

Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...

in numerous essays and books, whereby the

aesthetics Aesthetics, or esthetics, is a branch of philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, Epistemology, knowledge, Ethics, values, Philosophy of ...

transfer processes between the arts are the focus of his representations. As an art scholar, he has been fascinated by the anti-classical tendencies in European art since the

Enlightenment Enlightenment or enlighten may refer to: Age of Enlightenment * Age of Enlightenment, period in Western intellectual history from the late 17th to late 18th century, centered in France but also encompassing (alphabetically by country or culture): ...

, and has shown them to be a source of inspiration with his books on

Giovanni Battista Piranesi Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian Classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric ...

. (1978),

Horace Walpole Horatio Walpole (), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whig politician. He had Strawberry Hill House built in Twi ...

(1986) and William Beckford (2012) are dedicated to weighty monographs. At the centre of his research on music are the configurations of Romantic music, especially with regard to the history of

Opera seria ''Opera seria'' (; plural: ''opere serie''; usually called '' dramma per musica'' or '' melodramma serio'') is an Italian musical term which refers to the noble and "serious" style of Italian opera that predominated in Europe from the 1710s to a ...

in the 19th century. On various occasions - especially in the work on ''European Romanticism in Music'' (1999/ 2007) - he worked together with the musicologist

Carl Dahlhaus Carl Dahlhaus (10 June 1928 – 13 March 1989) was a German musicologist who was among the leading postwar musicologists of the mid to late 20th-century. A prolific scholar, he had broad interests though his research focused on 19th- and 20t ...

. He is editor of the works of

Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as t ...

(''Munich Edition''),

Jean Paul Jean Paul (; born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories. Life and work Jean Paul was born at Wunsiedel, in the Fichtelgebirge mounta ...

Gérard de Nerval Gérard de Nerval (; 22 May 1808 – 26 January 1855) was the pen name of the French writer, poet, and translator Gérard Labrunie, a major figure of French romanticism, best known for his novellas and poems, especially the collection '' Les F ...

and Marie Luise Kaschnitz. Furthermore, he is co-editor of the critical edition of

Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (; or ; 15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, prose poet, cultural critic, philologist, and composer whose work has exerted a profound influence on contemporary philosophy. He began his ca ...

s works.

Memberships

Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. It is seated in Darmstad ...

, Darmstadt *

Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (german: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften), abbreviated BBAW, is the official academic society for the natural sciences and humanities for the German states of Berlin ...

, Berlin *

Academy of Arts, Berlin The Academy of Arts (german: Akademie der Künste) is a state arts institution in Berlin, Germany. The task of the Academy is to promote art, as well as to advise and support the states of Germany. The Academy's predecessor organization was fo ...

Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur The Academy of Sciences and Literature (german: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz, AdW Mainz) is a scientific academy in Mainz, Germany. It was established in 1949 on an initiative of Alfred Döblin. The academy's goal is to s ...

, Mainz * PEN-Zentrum Deutschland, Darmstadt

Honours and awards

* 2009: of the

Goethe-Gesellschaft The (Goethe Society), not to be confused with the Goethe-Institut, is a literary and scientific organisation to explore the literary work of the German poet and writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was founded in Weimar, where he lived, in 1885 ...

Weimar * 2010: * 2010: Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasses Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland''TU Berlin: Bundesverdienstkreuz für Norbert Miller ''
in Informationsdienst Wissenschaft 28 September 2010, retrieved on 22 February 2020 * 2018:

Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst The Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (german: Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst, links=no) was first established on 28 November 1853 by King Maximilian II von Bayern. It is awarded to acknowledge and reward exc ...

Work

* ''Der empfindsame Erzähler. Untersuchungen an Romananfängen des 18. Jahrhunderts''. Hanser Verlag, München 1968 (Phil. Diss. FU Berlin 1967) * ''Archäologie des Traums. Versuch über Giovanni Battista Piranesi''. Hanser Verlag, München 1978 * ''Einführung.'' In ''Paul Heyse. Eine Bibliographie'', hrsg. von Werner Martin, Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim / New York 1978, S. V-XI. * ''

Strawberry Hill Strawberry Hill may refer to: United Kingdom *Strawberry Hill, London, England **Strawberry Hill House, Horace Walpole's Gothic revival villa **Strawberry Hill railway station United States *Strawberry Hill (San Francisco), California *Strawberry ...

und die Ästhetik der schönen Unregelmäßigkeit''. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1986 * ''

Emanuel Geibel Emanuel von Geibel (17 October 18156 April 1884) was a German poet and playwright. Life Geibel was born at Lübeck, the son of a pastor. He was originally intended for his father's profession and studied at Bonn and Berlin, but his real interests ...

, Paul Heyse und das literarische München zur Zeit Maximilians II.'' In: ''"In uns selbst liegt Italien" – Die Kunst der Deutsch-Römer'', edited by Christoph Heilmann, Hirmer Verlag, Munich 1987, . * ''

Paul Heyse Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse (; 15 March 1830 – 2 April 1914) was a distinguished German writer and translator. A member of two important literary societies, the '' Tunnel über der Spree'' in Berlin and '' Die Krokodile'' in Munich, he wrote ...

– der Bürger als Dichterfürst. Zur Neuausgabe der sämtlichen Werke''. In: ''Paul Heyse – Gesammelte Werke.'' Reihe III, volume 5, Nachdruck Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim / Zürich / New York 1991, . * With Carl Dahlhaus: ''Europäische Romantik in der Musik''. Two volumes, Stuttgart: Metzler, 1999/2007. * ''Der Wanderer.

in Italien''. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2002 * ''Die ungeheure Gewalt der Musik. Goethe und seine Komponisten''. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2009 * ''Fonthill Abbey. Die dunkle Welt des William Beckford.'' Hanser, Munich 2012, * ''Marblemania. Kavaliersreisen und der römische Antikenhandel.''

Deutscher Kunstverlag The Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV) is an educational publishing house with offices in Berlin and Munich. The publisher specializes in books about art, cultural history, architecture, and historic preservation. History Deutscher Kunstverlag was ...

, Munich 2018, .

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Norbert Literary scholars German art historians Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Technical University of Berlin faculty Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1937 births Living people