Ernst Behler

Ernst Behler (4 September 1928 in Essen – 16 September 1997 in Seattle) was a German philosopher and college professor.

Behler was a dozent at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn in the 1960s.[1] In 1976 Behler became the founding Chairman of the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Washington in Seattle. His research included Friedrich von Schlegel,[2] Friedrich Nietzsche and the early Romanticism. Also notable are his books on irony.[3][4]

Publications

  • Irony and the discourse of modernity (1990)[3]
  • Klassische Ironie, romantische Ironie, tragische Ironie (1972)[4]
  • Ironie und literarische Moderne (1997)

References

  1. ^ "Philosophy Lecture". The Herald-Sun. 4 April 1964. p. 16. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Ernst Behler Will Lecture on Schlegel". Centre Daily Times. 22 November 1965. p. 10. Retrieved 15 June 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b Behler, Ernst (1 July 2014). Irony and the Discourse of Modernity. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80153-7.
  4. ^ a b Behler, Ernst (1972). Klassische Ironie, romantische Ironie, tragische Ironie (in German). Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. ISBN 978-3-534-05741-2.


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