Horst S. Daemmrich, a professor and former chairman of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania, who published more than a dozen books and numerous articles on German literature, died the night of Nov. 26 at his home in Flourtown, Pa. He was 91.
A highly regarded scholar who won multiple teaching honors, Dr. Daemmrich devoted more than six decades to literary criticism, studying major German writers ranging from Goethe to Günter Grass. He is best known for his research on recurring thematic patterns, which he explored in a series of books co-authored with his late wife, Ingrid Daemmrich, an English professor. Their 1987 handbook “Themes and Motifs in Western Literature” was translated worldwide and continues to be used in colleges today.
Professor Daemmrich was a long-time member of the Graduate Group in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory Program and taught many Comp Lit courses.
Please see the link to his books and early life.
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