Dr. Michael Koch

Dr. Michael KochMarquette University

Lalumiere Hall, 483

MilwaukeeWI53201United States of America(414) 288-5451michael.l.koch@marquette.edu

Visiting Instructor of German

Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Education

PhD. 2009; Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

Publications

Dissertation:

Here And Now: The Immanence of Rilke’s Angel (2009)

Journal Publications:

• "Rilke’s Early Angels‘ Connections to Corporeality and Language." German Life and Letters, v65 n4 (October 2012): 439-456.
• "Reinvigorating Albert Ehrenstein’s Tubutsch through Nietzsche’s Eternal Return of the Same."  Monatshefte, v109 n4 (December 2017): 562-582.

Papers Presented:

• Die Engel des frühen Rilke. “Magic, Mystery, and Metaphysics: Ghostly Knowledge & the Discourses of Rational Thought.” University of Washington Graduate Student Conference  (April 2005)
• Albert Ehrenstein‘s “Tubutsch” and Nietzsche’s ‘Eternal Return.‘ Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference  (April 2015)
• The State of Being Tubutsch: Albert Ehrenstein’s “Tubutsch” and “Saccumum.”  Kentucky Foreign Languages Conference  (April 2018)

Personal Interests

• Expressionism
• 19^th and 20^th century German Literature
• Rainer Maria Rilke
• Heinrich von Kleist
• Franz Kafka
• Albert Ehrenstein