SELECTIVE
RECORD OF PUBLICATION
Boria Sax, Ph.D.
The following record is not exhaustive. Pieces in
newspapers, newsletters or small magazines have generally been omitted. The
list includes primarily publications subsequent to 1979. A few earlier
publications are, however, included, because they seemed relatively noteworthy.
A.
BOOKS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND TRANSLATION
Contacts/Kontakte: Poems and
Writings of Lutz Rathenow (edited anthology of translations).
The Romantic Heritage of Marxism: A Study of East German
Love Poetry.
The Frog King: On Fairy Tales, Fables and Anecdotes of
Animals.
The Parliament of Animals: Legends and Anecdotes from Books of Natural
History, 1775‑1900
The Serpent and the Swan: Animal Brides in Literature and
Folklore.
The Fantastic,Ordinary
World of Lutz Rathenow (edited anthology of translations).
Animals in the Third Reich: Pets, Scapegoats, and the
Holocaust. New York: Continuum Publishing, 2000, to be reprinted
2007 (Published in Japanese translation by Seidosha
Press in Tokyo, Japan, 2002; published in Czech translation by Dorkoran Press in Prague in late 2003).
The Mythical Zoo: An A-Z of
Animals in World Myth, Legend, and Literature.
The Crow. London: Reaktion Books, 2003
(Published in Turkish translation by Kitapyayinevi in
Istanbul, in French by Delachaux et Niestlé [part of La Martiniere
Group] in Paris, in Korean by Karam Publishing Co in
Seoul, and forthcoming soon in Chinese).
B. MEMOIR
Stealing Fire: A Childhood in the Shadow of Atomic Espionage. Decalogue Books:
C.
BOOKS FOR THE POPULAR MARKET
Thomas Mann's Death
in
The Romance of Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight (study guide).
William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. (study guide).
D.
CHAPBOOKS AND BOOKS OF POETRY
When the Glaciers
Melted. New Paltz:
Rheinland Market.
I am that Snowflake.
D.
ARTICLES, SCHOLARLY AND POPULAR
"Working in a
Cannery." Seeds
of Change, vol. 2, #2, 1980, pp. 36‑39.
"East German
Writers and the State." Index on Censorship,
vol. 11, #4, 1982, pp. 33‑35.
"The Peace
Movement in
"Figures of
Love. Some Observations on the Poetry of Georg
Maurer." GDR
Monitor, #7, 1982, pp. 40‑47.
East Germany's human Rights Record (report presented to the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations in
Geneva by the International League for Human Rights on July 17, 1984).
"With Blood and
Indelible Ink." In Commonweal,
"Beyond
Censorship" (guest editorial). In
Index on Censorship, vol. 14, #4, 1985, p. 2.
"German
Democratic Republic" and "
"Anthropomorphism
in Animal Encyclopedias of Nineteenth Century
"Some
Reflections on the
"The Fascination
with Elephants."
Pace, vol. 8, #1 (winter 1990), pp. 14‑19.
Entries on Tales
of Times Past by Charles Perrault and Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare. Beacham's
Guide to Literature for Young Adults, edited by Kirk Beetz
& Suzanne Niemeyer, Waschington, D. C.: Beacham, 1989‑91.
"A Visit to the Blacksmith's Shop: Thoughts on a Poem
by Emily Dickinson." Archae, vol. 1, #2 (summer 1991), pp. 50‑59.
"Am Rande der Kulture." Wir Selbst, #2 (1991), p. 35.
"Elves and the Managed Woodlot: The
"Täglicher Wandel: Das Buch über
Ostberl von Lutz Rathenow und Harold Hauswald (review essay). Die Andere, Nov. 13, 1991, p. 12.
"The Prophet Tradition East German Literature." Index on Censorship, vol. 21, #1 (spring 1992), pp. 24‑
27.
"Understanding Nazi Animal Protection and the
Holocaust" (written jointly with Prof. Arnold Arluke) Anthrozoös,
vol. 5, #1 (spring 1992), pp. 6‑31.
"The Allure of
Animal Anecdotes."
Storytelling, vol. 4, #3 (spring 1992), p. 14‑17.
"Antwort auf Jan Faktor" (in
German). GDR Bulletin, vol. 18, #1 (spring 1992), pp. 46‑47.
"Holocaust Images and other Powerful Ambiguities the
Debate on Animal Experimentation." Anthrozoös, vol. 6, #2 (winter 1993).
Section on German Literature (chap. 17) The Reader's Adviser.
"The Basilisk and Rattlesnake: A European Monster
Comes to
"Animals in
Religion." Society and
Animals, vol. 2, #2 (1994), p. 167-174.
"Nazi Treatment of Animals and People"
(co-authored with Dr. Arnold Arluke). Reiniventing
Biology, edited by Lynda Birke and Ruth Hubbard.
"Was bedeutet es, e Hund zu
sein." Gegengift (
"A New GDR
Poetry? Recent Writing of Lutz Rathenow" (review-article). GDR Bulletin, vol.
20, #1 (spring 1994), p. 25-27.
"Animal
Deities." Sacred Path,
vol. 2, # 1 (winter 1994/5), p. 11-13, 26-28.
"Am Rande der
Kulturen." Eßlinger Zeitung,
Saturday/ Sunday, March 25-6, 1995, p. 34.
"After
Literature, What?" (editorial). The Nature in Legend and Story Newsletter,
# 1 (Winter 1994), p. 15.
"Volk ohne
Vergangenheit" Gegengift,
August 1995, p. 41-43.
"What is a Dissident?" GDR Bulletin, vol.
22, # 3 (spring 1995), p. 7-9.
“Lutz Rathenows jüngste Arbeiten: Eine
neue DDR Lyrik? Poesie Europe, Fall 1996, p. 134-138.
"If We Could Talk to the Animals" Storytelling Magazine
(January 1995), p. 10-14.
"Evolution: Why
the Fuss?" International
Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ) Newsletter, #10, December 1995, p. 3-5.
"What is a Jewish Dog?: Konrad Z. Lorenz and the Cult of Wildness." Society and Animals, vol. 5/#1 (spring
1997), p. 3-21.
"The Zoo: Prison or
"Totemism, Traditional and Modern" (Editorial), Nature in
Legend and Story Newsletter, vol. 1, #2 (fall 1996), p. 1-4.
"Totemic
Literature" (editorial). Nature in Legend and Story Newsletter,
#3, p. 1-3.
“Literature, Ethics
and Activism” (Contribution to A Bison Roundtable). ASLE News,
vol. 9, #1 (spring 1997), p. 5.
Lutz Rathenow and the Adenauer
Prize: Some Thoughts on Politics, Kitsch and Literature.@ GDR Bulletin, vol. 24
(Spring 1997), p. 81-85.
“New Beginnings.” The Museletter, vol. 10, #3 (October
1997).
“Historikerstreit, amerikanisch.” Gegengift, August 15, 1998, p. 13-16.
“Bestial Wisdom and Human Tragedy: The Genesis of the
Animal Epic.” Anthrozoös, vol. 11, #3
(fall 1998), p. 134-141.
Entries on Paul Wiens,
Environmental Literature,
Lutz Rathenow, Konrad
Lorenz. The
Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture. Ed.
John Sandford.
“Der
Perfekte Krieg.” Gegengift,
June 1, 1999, p. 13-15.
"The American Apple: A Trick or a Treat." Rooted in
“Jacob von Uexküll and the Anticipation of Sociobiology” (with Peter
H. Klopfer). Semiotica,
vol. 134-3 (2001).
P. 767-778.
“The Holocaust and
Blood Sacrifice.” Anthrozoös,
vol. 13, #1, p. 22-33.
“Facing both Ways at
Once: Janus, the Roman god of beginnings.” Parabola,
vol 25, #1 (summer 2000), p. 94-96.
“The Mermaid and Her
Sisters: From Archaic Goddess to Consumer Society.” ISLE, vol. 7 (summer/fall 2000), p. 43-54.
“The Spindle: Everything Hangs by a Single Thread.” Parabola, vol 25, #4 (fall 2000),
p. 88-90.
“New Roles for Tutors
in the Online Classroom.” Journal of College
Reading and Learning, fall, 2002.
“The Mermaid in the
Renaissance.”
“The Wizard’s Program
at
“Academic tradition is a digital age.” On the Horizon, vol. 11, # 3 (2003), p. 5-8.
“Wirtualny Kampus,
“Module 26: The Misrepresentation of Identity.” In Integrating Computer Ethics Across the
Curriculum, ed. by Marion G. Ben-Jacob, Dobbs Ferry:
“Students as
Customers.” On the Horizon,
vol. 12, # 2 (2004), p. 157-159.
“NILAS at a Decade.” NILAS Newsletter, Fall 2004, p. 5.
“Black Birds of
Doom.” History Today,
vol. 55, #1 (January
2005), p. 38-39.
Entries on “Animals”
and “Nature.” World Fascism: A
Historical Encyclopedia. Ed. Cyprian P. Blamires. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio, 2006, vol. 1, p.
32-34 ; vol 2, p. 254-255.
"Animals as
Tradition." In The Animals
Reader: The Essential Classic and Contemporary Writings. Ed.
Linda Kalof and Amy Fitzgerald.
"From Totems to Tales: Folklore, Myth, and Animals."
In What Are Animals to Us? Approaches from Science, Religion, Folklore, Literature and Art. Ed. Dave Aftandilian
et al.
"Konrad Lorenz and the Mythology of Science." In What Are Animals to Us? Approaches from Science, Religion, Folklore, Literature and Art. Ed. Dave Aftandilian
et al.
"Medievalism,
Paganism, and the Tower Ravens.” The Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies, vol. 9, # 1 (Summer 2007), 62-77.
"How the Ravens Came to the
Tower." Society and Animals, vol. 15, # 3 (Fall 2007).
"All That
Knowledge and So What? Scholarship in
the Digital Age." On the Horizon 13.4 (2005): 216-19.
“Foreword” to Rod Boddice,
A History of Attitudes and Behaviors toward Animals I in Eighteenth- and
Nineteenth Century Britain. Lewiston, UK: Edwon Mellen Press, 2008.
"The Tower Ravens as Mascots of
Britain in World War II." In Tiere
Im Krieg: Von Der Antike Bis Zur
Gegenwart. Ed. Rainer Pöppinghege. Paderborn: Schoeningh-Verlag,
2009, 199-216.
"Knowledge and
Wisdom in Academia." Dialogue and
Universalism XIX.1-2 (2009): 75-85.
E.
POETRY AND FICTION
"4000 B.C." (poem
published in the English original with a translation into Japanese by Takao‑‑Oka‑‑Furakawa). In Kahen (
Two Poems (published in the English original with a
translation into Japanese by Takao‑‑Oka‑‑Furakawa).
In Kahen (
Six Poems (published in the English original with a
translation into German by the author). In Sassafras (
Two Poems. In Poet and Critic, vol. 11, #1, 1979, pp. 17‑18.
"Two in the
Morning.” In Poet and Critic, vol. 11, #2, 1979, P. 32.
"Bestiary" (poem printed as a poster on
parchment).
"Hay Buques a la Espera" (poem translated into Spanish by Jose Kozer). In Liminar (Trinidad), #13/14, 1983, p. 86.
"Dezember" (a poem in
German). In Schreiben und Lesen (Berlin, West Germany), vol. 5, #6,
1985, p. 14.
"The
Forgery" (short Story). In Critique of
"August: Die Geschichte eines
Baumes" (short story in German). In Nürnberger
Zeitung am Wochenende, July 9, 1988 p. 64.
"August: Die Geschichte eines
Baumes" (short story in German). Esslinger
Zeitung, Weekend, January 21/22, 1989, p. 26.
"One Being" &
"The Doe" (poems). Poesie
Europe, October 1990, pp. 17 & 27.
"Pennies"
(story). Poesie Europe,
October 1990, pp. 54‑ 57.
"Roses and Lilacs" . Archae, vol. 1, #1 (fall 1990), p. 35.
"My Destination" . Greenprints, # 16
(winter 1993-94) p. 45.
"Die Hinrichtung des
Himmels" (story). Gegengift (Pfaffenhofen, Germany),
Nov./Dec. 1993, p. 1-4.
"That
Village." The Nature in
Legend and Story Newsletter, # 1 (Winter 1994), p. 15.
"The Man Who
Discovered Fire" (poem) and a retelling of a Lithuanian fokltale. Sacred Path, vol. 1,
# 2 (spring 1994), p. 5, 28-29.
"Zemyne and the Peasant" (retelling of a folk story). Storytelling Magazine
(September 1994).
"The Peasant and
Zemyne" (story loosely based on a folktale). Storytelling Magazine (July
1994).
"Zemyne" (folktale). Parabola
(fall 1994), p. 51.
"Die Hinrichtung des
Himmels." Lilegal (Salzburg,
Austria), # 14 (Oct. 1994), p. 47-50.
"The Doe" .
“Ishmael: The Story of a Tree.” The Second Word Thursdays Anthology:
Poetry and Prose by Bright Hill Press Writers, ed. by Bertha
“Crow Totem.” NILAS Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2004,
p. 40-43.
F.
REVIEWS, TRANSLATION AND MISCELLANEOUS SHORT PROSE
Reviews of Bertolt
Brecht: Poems 1913‑1956, ed. by Willet and Manheim, and Time for
Dreams, ed. by Deicke. In Translation
Review, vol. 1, #8, 1982, pp. 27‑29 and 40‑41.
Translations of poems
by Peter Beicken and Lutz Rathenow. Dimension,
vol. 15, #1, 1982, pp. 12‑15 & 146‑49.
Laws in the German Democratic Republic Restricting Freedom
of Expression (series of three flyers prepared for public distribution).
Translations of Three
Poems by Lutz Rathenow. In Contemporary East European Poetry: An Anthology. Edited by Emery George.
Review of the journal Mensch
und Tier. In Anthrozoös,
vol. II, #1 (spring 1988), pp. 68‑70.
"Will the Real Peter Hacks Please Stand Up?" (review of The Children's Literature of Peter Hacks by
Thomas Di Napoli). In Children's Literature Quarterly,
Vol. 13, #4 (winter 1988), pp. 207‑208.
Review of the journal Mensch
und Tier. Anthrozoös, vol. 4, #2 (fall
1990), pp. 134‑135.
"A Marxist Perspective of Grimm" (review of The
Brothers Grimm by Jack Zipes and The Complete
Tales of the Brothers Grimm translated by Jack Zipes). Children's Literature Association Quarterly, vol. 15, #3 (fall
1990), pp. 149‑150.
Reviews of Tausendundzweite
Nacht by Christa Kozik,
Sterne Jonglieren by Lutz Rathenow
and Zärtlich kreist
der Faust by Lutz Rathenow. GDR Bulletin, vol. 16,
#1 (spring 1990), pp. 13‑14. 15‑16.
"Skepsis" (review of
Rathenow's Zärtlich kreist die Faust)
Deutsche Tagespost, Nov. 10, 1990, p. 10.
Review of Der Wolf und die
widerspenstigen Geisslein by Lutz Rathenow.
GDR Bullet, vol. 17, #1 (spring 1991), p. 28.
"A Visitor"
(story). Passager, #4 (winter 1991),
pp. 20‑ 21.
Review of The Animal
Wife by E. M. Thomas. Anthrozoös, vol. 4, #5, pp. 267‑268.
"Adolescent
Friendship" (story). Poesie
Europe, 1991, p. 55‑ 57.
Review written In German of Berlin/Ost
by Rathenow and Hauswald. Universitas, January 1992, pp. 96‑97.
Review of Henry's Jupitergestik by Jan Faktor. German
Politics and Society, #26 (summer 1992), pp. 154‑157.
Review of Störenfried by Wolfgang Rüddenklau. German Politics and Society,
#27 (winter 1992‑93).
Translation of poem by Lutz Rathenow
entitled "For Uwe Gressmann." The McGraw‑Hill Book of Poetry,
edited by DiYanni & Rompf.
Review of The Book of
the Toad by Robert M. DeGraaff. The Interactions
Bibliography, December 1992, p. 24‑25.
Review essay on Die Lautere Bosheit by Lutz Rathenow. German Politics and
Society, #32 (summer 1994), p. 155-157.
Review of three books for children by Lutz Rathenow. GDR Bulletin, vol. 15, #1 (spring 1989), pp. 52‑54.
Review of American Wildlife in Symbol and Story,
edited by Mechtal and Gillespie. Anthrozoös, Vol. 3, # 1 (summer 1989), pp. 63‑64.
Review of the journals Mensch
und Tier, vol. 9-10 (1990-92) & Bestia,
1994, p. 75-77.
Review of Kunst und Politik im Sonntag 1946-1958
by Verena Blaum. GDR Bulletin, vol. 20, #1 (sprIng
1994), p. 29-30.
Review Essay on Staatssicherheit
in Rostock, edited by Thomas Ammer and
Hans-Joachim Memmler.
GDR Bulletin, Fall 1994.
Reviews of Talking Animals, by Jan M. Ziolkowski, and Birds
and Bests of the Middle Ages, ed. Willene B.
Clark and Meradith
T. McMann. Anthrozoös, vol. 7, # 2 (1994), p. 154-155.
Review of The Others: How Animals made us Human by
Paul Shepard, Trans-Species
Interactions Bibliography, vol. 7, #2 (fall 1996), p. 35-6.
Review essay on Mensch
und Tier, vol. XI (winter 1992-95). Anthrozoös, Vol. IX, # 2/3 (winter 1996), p. 123-8.
Review of The Wild Animal Story, edited by Ralph H. Lutts. Anthrozoös, vol. 11, #3 (fall 1988), p. 180-181.
Review of Animals in the Middle Ages, edited by Nona
C. Flores. ISLE, vol. 5, # 2 (fall 1998), p. 131-132.
Review of Goethe’s Way of Science, edited by David
Seaman and Arthur Zajonc. Parabola,
vol. 23, #4 (winter 1988), p. 102-104.
Review of Goethe’s Way of Science, edited by David
Seaman and Arthur Zajonc. Science Group of the Anthrophilosophical Society in
Review of Hunting
the Wren by Elizabeth Atwood Lawrence. ISAZ Newsletter,
#18 (November 1999), p. 19.
Review of Veterinärmedizin
im Dritten Reich,
edited by Johann Schäffer. Anthrozoös, vol. 12, #2 (fall
1999), p. 127-128.
“NILAS in the New
Millennium.” Nilas Newsletter, vol. 1, #1 (fall 2001), p. 2-3.
“
Review of The
“Introduction to the work of Martine Myrup.”
In Peculiar Flight by