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Study of German Language and Literature, Romance Studies and Philosophy in Tübingen, Paris, Munich and Cologne.
PhD 1979: Georg Trakl. Die Krise der Erlebnislyrik. (Cologne, Vienna 1981)
Habilitation 1987: Das Universum der Bilder. Die Naturwissenschaft in den Schriften Jean Pauls. (Tübingen 1989)
Guest Professor at the University of Kansas, Lawrence (1989), at the Université Nancy 2 (1991/92), Paris XII (1996), Lyon 3 (1998/99), Uniwersytet Jagiello?ski, Krakau (2008/11)