{{Short description|German American studies scholar}} '''Hans Galinsky''' (12 May 1909–25 July 1991) was a German American studies scholar.
==Life and career== Galinsky was a professor of comparative literature and American studies at the University of Mainz from 1952 to 1977. He co-founded the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://gutenberg-biographics.ub.uni-mainz.de/id/cb991a92-e8c4-4b62-8a7b-2fa6f44a5477 |title=Hans Galinsky |website=Verzeichnis der Professorinnen und Professoren der Universität Mainz |language=de |access-date=29 September 2023 }}</ref>
His monograph ''Naturae Cursus. Der Weg einer antiken kosmologischen Metapher von der Alten in die Neue Welt'' (1968) is about the expression ''naturae cursus'' or "of course" interpreted as a metaphor.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Murray |first1=O. |title=Of Course - Hans Galinsky: Naturae Cursus. Der Weg einer antiken kosmologischen Metapher von der Alten in die Neue Welt. (Studien zum Fortwirken der Antike, 4.) |journal=The Classical Review |date=1970 |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=53-54 |doi=10.1017/S0009840X00295656}}</ref> ''Wegbereiter moderner amerikanischer Lyrik'' (1968) is about the interpretation and reception history of the poetry of Emily Dickinson and William Carlos Williams.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Riewald |first1=J. G. |title=Hans Galinsky, "Wegbereiter moderner amerikanischer Lyrik" (Book Review) |journal=Neophilologus |date=1970 |volume=57 |issue=1 |page=107 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/141ca1dadb14cdcd15d5a678f58ae37b/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=1817933}}</ref>
Since 1992, the Hans Galinsky Memorial Prize is awarded by the Center for Early American Studies of the University of Mainz.<ref name=":1" />
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==Further reading== * "Galinsky, Hans", in: Frank-Rutger Hausmann: ''Anglistik und Amerikanistik im „Dritten Reich“''. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 2003, pp. 458–459. * Winfried Herget and Karl Ortseifen (eds.): ''The transit of civilization from Europe to America. Essays in honor of Hans Galinsky''. Tübingen 1986, {{ISBN|3-87808-290-8}}.
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