A. Research and/or Scholarly Publications
Strasser, Gerhard F. Lingua Universalis: Kryptologie und Theorie der Universalsprachen im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert (Lingua Universalis: Cryptology and the Theory of Universal Languages in the 16th and 17th Centuries). Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, Vol. 38. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1988. (author, monograph)
Herzog, G[erhard] H. and Gerhard F. Strasser, eds. The English Struwwelpeter, or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures
[reissue of first English Struwwelpeter
edition]. Frankfurt/Main,
Strasser, Gerhard F. Emblematik und Mnemonik der Frühen Neuzeit im Zusammenspiel (The Interplay between Emblematics and Mnemonics in the Early Modern Period): Johannes Buno und Johann Justus Winckelmann. Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barock-forschung, No. 36. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2000. 154 pages (large format), 43 illus. (author, monograph)
Frühsorge, Gotthardt
and Gerhard F. Strasser, eds.
Johann Joachim Becher (1635-1682).
Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung, Vol. 22.
Strasser, Gerhard F. and Mara R. Wade, eds. Die Domänen des Emblems: Außerliterarische Anwendungen der Emblematik. Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung, Vol. 39. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 2004. 307 pages, incl. numerous illustrations. ISBN 3-447-05066-7.
Textbooks:
Strasser, Gerhard F. and
Strasser, Gerhard F. Alles Gute! Basic German for Communication.
By Jeanine Briggs and John E. Crean.
2nd ed.
Briggs,
Jeanine and Gerhard F. Strasser. Instructor’s Manual
to Accompany “Alles Gute!”, 2nd ed.
Briggs,
Jeanine, Gerhard F. Strasser, and Beate
Engel-Doyle.
Instructor’s Manual to Accompany “Alles
Gute!”, 3rd ed.
Briggs,
Jeanine, and John E. Crean. Alles
Gute! Basic German
for Communication. 3rd ed.
Walker,
Ron, Erwin Tschirner, Brigitte Nikolai, and Gerhard
F. Strasser. Assoziationen: Deutsch
für die Mittelstufe (German for the Intermediate
Level).
Strehl, Wiebke,
in consultation with Gerhard F. Strasser. German
001: Elementary
German 002: Elementary
German II.
German 003: Intermediate
German.
Briggs,
Jeanine, John E. Crean, and Gerhard F. Strasser. Alles Gute!
Basic German for Communication. 4th ed.
Briggs,
Jeanine, Beate Engel-Doyle, and Gerhard F. Strasser. Instructor’s Manual to Accompany “Alles Gute!”, 4th ed.
2. Parts of books
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Erziehung in Ost- und Westdeutschland” (Education in East and West Germany). In Kultur und Alltag: A Cultural Reader. Ed. Harold von Hofe. New York: Scribner’s, 1973, pp. 127-151.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Herzog August, Gelehrter und Sammler: Geheimschrift” (Duke August [of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel], Scholar and Collector: Cryptology). In Sammler-- Fürst--Gelehrter: Herzog August zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg, 1579-1666. Wolfen-büttel, Germany: Ausstellungskatalog der [exhibition catalogue of the] Herzog August Bibliothek, 1979, pp. 181-191.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “War und
Poetry: Personal Experience of Renaissance Warfare and Visual
Representations of its Horrors in the Work of Agrippa d’Aubigné.”
In Actes du VIIIe Congrès de l’Association Internationale
de Littérature Comparée. Eds. B. Köpeczi
and G. M. Vajda.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Maximal- und Minimallösungen bei der Ausbildung von Lehrassistenten an amerikanischen Universitäten” (Maximal and Minimal Solutions in the Training of TAs at American Universities). In Lehrer und Lernende im Deutschunterricht: Kongreßbericht der VI. Internationalen Deutschlehrertagung vom 4.-8. August 1980 in Nürnberg. Ed. Heidrun Brückner. Berlin, Germany: Langenscheidt, 1981, pp. 577-581.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “’Spectaculum Vesuvii:’ Zu zwei neuentdeckten Handschriften von Athanasius Kircher mit seinen Illustrationsvorlagen” (“The Vesuvian Spectacle”: On two Newly Discovered Manuscripts of Athanasius Kircher with His Own Sketches for the Illustrations). In Theatrum Europaeum: Festschrift für Elida Maria Szarota. Eds. Richard Brinkmann et al. Munich, Germany: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1982, pp. 363-384.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “’Wie von der Tarantel gebissen:’ Tarantismus und Musiktherapie im Barock” (“As if Bitten by a Tarantula”: Tarentism and Musical Therapy in the Baroque Period). In Festschrift Blake Lee Spahr. Chloe (Beihefte zum [companion publications to] Daphnis), Vol. 3. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Editions Rodopi B.V., 1984, pp. 245-264
Strasser, Gerhard F. “’The Conscripted Pen.’ Protestant Propaganda Literature of the French
Renaissance: Agrippa d’Aubigné’s Epic, Les
Tragiques.” In
Literature and War: Reflections and Refractions.
Papers of the 1984 Monterey
Institute of International Studies Symposium on
Comparative Literature and International Studies.
Ed. Elizabeth W. Trahan.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Report on the ‘Erste deutsch-amerikanische Konferenz
zum Problem Landeskunde in Sprachlehrbüchern’ at the Georg-Eckert-Institut für
Internationale Schulbuchforschung at Braunschweig, July 15-17, 1985.” In Wirtschaftsdeutsch:
Proceedings of the Conference of the American
Association of University Supervisors and Coordinators
(AAUSC), The Ohio State University, Columbus,
Ohio, October 30 - November 1, 1985.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Seventeenth-Century Catholic Attempts at Revitalizing Latin as a Universal
Language.” In The Idea of
a Universal Language: Report of the
Fourth Annual Conference of the Center for Research
and Documentation on World Language Problems,
Lalande, John F. and Gerhard F. Strasser. “A Survey
of International Teaching Assistants in Foreign Language Departments.”
In Institutional Responsibilities and Responses in
the Employment and Education of Teaching
Assistants:
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Athanasius Kirchers Verbindungen mit Herzog August und dem HausBraunschweig-Lüneburg” (Athanasius Kircher’s Connections with Duke August and the House of Brunswick-Lüneburg). In Athanasius Kircher und seine Beziehungen zum gelehrten Europa seiner Zeit (A. K. and His Relations with the Learned Europe of His Times). Ed. John Fletcher. Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung, Band 17. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz, 1988, pp. 69-78, 202-206.
Strasser, Gerhard F. [Analysis of the
German secondary school textbook series of English,] “Contacts,
Ferdinand Kamp,
Strasser, Gerhard F. “’Lettres muettes, ou La maniere de faire L’amour en Turquie Sans Scavoir [sic] ny Lire ny Escrire’:
Manuskript und Druck einer türkisch-französischen ‘Liebes-Chiffre’ an der
Pforte” (“Silent Letters,
or How to Make Love in Turkey without Knowing How to Read or
Write”: Manuscript
and Printing of a Turkish-French “Love Cipher” at the Porte). In Opitz
und seine Welt: Festschrift George Schulz-Behrend.
Chloe (Beihefte zum [companion publications to] Daphnis),
Vol. 10. Eds. Barbara Becker-Cantarino and Jörg-Ulrich Fechner.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “The 17th Century Emblematic Teaching Method/Die emblematische Lehrmethode im 17. Jahrhundert.” In
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Diplomatic Cryptology and Universal Languages in the Sixteenth and
Seventeenth Centuries.” In Go Spy the Land:
Military Intelligence in History. Eds. Keith Neilson and B. J. C. McKercher.
Westport, CT; London: Praeger, 1992, pp. 73-97.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Kryptographische Werke” (Cryptographic Works). In Herzog August
Bibliothek: Lexikon.
Eds. Georg Ruppelt
and Sabine Solf. München,
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Johann Joachim Bechers Universalsprachenentwurf im Kontext seiner Zeit” (J. J. Becher’s Universal Language Project within the Context of His Times). In Johann Joachim Becher (1635-1682). Eds. Gotthardt Frühsorge and Gerhard F. Strasser. Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung, Vol. 22. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz, 1993, pp. 215-232.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Johannes
Trithemius (1462-1516): Faithful Preserver of
the Old and Bold Proponent of the New.” In Acta
XVIII (1993 [for 1991]): Old and New in
the Fifteenth Century. Ed.
Frühsorge, Gotthardt and Gerhard F. Strasser. “Vorwort.” In Johann Joachim Becher (1635-1682). Eds. Gotthardt Frühsorge and Gerhard F. Strasser. Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung, Band 22. Wiesbaden, Germany: Harrassowitz,1993, pp. 11-12. (jointly authored preface to book)
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Closed and open
languages: Samuel Hartlib’s Involvement with
Cryptology and Universal Languages.” In Samuel Hartlib
and Universal Reformation: Studies in
Intellectual Communication. Eds. Mark Greengrass, Michael Leslie, and Timothy Raylor.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Die Darstellung des Nationalsozialismus in amerikanischen Lehrwerken für Deutsch” (The Representation of National Socialism in American Textbooks of German). In Zum Thema Nationalsozialismus im DaF-Lehrwerk und -Unterricht. Eds. Joachim Warmbold, E.-Anette Koeppel, and Hans-Simon Pelanda. München, Germany: Iudicium, 1994, pp. 13-21.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Ein Polyhistor als Pathologe: Athanasius Kirchers Durchgründung der laidigen ansteckenden [...] Pestilentz” (A Polyhistor as Pathologist: Athanasius Kircher’s Treatise on the Plague). In Ars medica--verlorene Einheit der Medizin?: Festschrift für Richard Toellner. Eds. Peter Kröner, Thomas Rütten, Karin Weisemann, and Urban Wiesing. Stuttgart, Jena, New York: Gustav-Fischer-Verlag, 1995, pp. 55-64.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Sankt Rochus: Der Pestheilige Sankt
Rochus oder Der Ruf nach einem Beschützer vor der Geißel des ausgehenden
Mittelalters” (St. Roch, the Plague Saint, or the Call for a Protector
from the Scourge of the Late Middle Ages), pp. 751-764, and Sankt
Vitus: Sankt Vitus oder Der heilige Veit, der Veitstanz und ‘die von
der Tarantel Gebissenen’” (St. Vitus, St. Vitus’ Dance, and “Those Bitten
by the Tarantula”), pp. 577-587, both entries in Herrscher,
Helden, Heilige: Mittelalter-Mythen, Bd. I. Eds. Ulrich Müller
and Werner Wunderlich. (Vol. I of a projected eight-volume encyclopedia on Medieval Myths).
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Science and
Pseudo-Science: Athanasius Kircher’s
Mundus Subterraneus
and his Scrvtinivm [...] Pestis.” In Knowledge,
Science, and Literature in Early Modern
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Musik und Kryptographie.” In Die Musik
in Geschichte und Gegenwart (Historical
Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians). 2nd
edition. Ed. Ludwig Finscher. Kassel, et al.: Bärenreiter;
Stuttgart: Metzler. Vol.
VI (1997), pp. 783-790. (article,
encyclopedia)
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Die Struwwelpeter-Sammlung an
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Musik(noten)chiffren oder die ‘widernatürliche’ Kunst, Musik zu geheimer Kommunikation zu verwenden” (Musical Ciphers or the ‘Un-Natural’ Art of Using Music for Secret Communication). In Künste und Natur in Diskursen der frühen Neuzeit. Eds. Hartmut Laufhütte and Barbara Becker-Cantarino. 2 vols. Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung, 35, Parts I and II. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2000, Pt. II, pp. 1107-1121 (incl. 9 illus.).
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Ein ‘dreiständiges Sinnbild’ oder dreifaches
emblematisches Hochzeitsgedicht aus der Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts” (A Tripartite Emblem or Three-Part
Emblematic Epithalamion from the Middle of the 17th Century). In Selected Papers of the
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Die Allerseelenkapelle
von St. Martin – Überlegungen zu
einem Bildprogramm“ (The All Souls’ Chapel of St. Martin’s [Cathedral]: Considerations of an Iconographic
Program). In mit kalkül & leidenschaft. Inszenierungen des Heiligen in der
bayerischen Barockmalerei. Ed. Franz Niehoff. 2 vols. Schriften aus
den Museen der Stadt Landshut, 17.
Strasser, Gerhard F. „Die Struwwelpeter-Sammlung
der Penn State University, der
Strasser, Gerhard F. "'Niemals nüchter und niemals voll tut in
Sterbens-Läufften wohl.' Der Stellenwert der Affekte in der Pest-Prophylaxe
nach 1348" ("Neven sober and never full is good in your dying hour." The
Importance of Emotions in Plague Prophylaxis after 1348). In Passion, Affekt
und Leidenschaft in der Frühen Neuzeit. Eds. Johann Steiger et al.
Wolfenbütteler Arbeiten zur Barockforschung, 43. 2 vols. Wiesbaden:
Harrassowitz, 2005, Part II, pp. 1079-1089.
3. Articles published in refereed journals
Strasser, Gerhard F. and
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Andreas Gryphius’ ‘Leo Armenivs’: An Emblematic Interpretation.” The Germanic Review, 51 (1976), pp. 5-12.
Strasser, Gerhard F. and Karl H. Habersetzer. “Zum Löwen-Orakel in Andreas Gryphius’ ‘Leo Armenivs’” (On the Lion Oracle in Andreas Gryphius’s Leo Armenivs). In Wolfenbütteler Barock-Nachrichten (Wolfenbüttel, Germany), 5 (1978), pp. 186-188. (jointly authored article)
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Daniel Schwenters ‘Feder / die Dinten halte / daß man ein gantzen bogen (...) damit schreiben könne’ und ihre Wolfenbütteler Geschichte” (Daniel Schwenter’s “Pen / which contains ink / so that one can write an entire sheet with it” and Its Wolfenbüttel History). In Wolfenbütteler Beiträge (Frankfurt/Main, Germany), 4 (1981), pp. 235-244. (article, refereed irregular publication)
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Die kryptographische Sammlung Herzog Augusts: Vom Quellenmaterial für seine Cryptomenytices zu einem Schwerpunkt in seiner Bibliothek” (The Cryptographic Collection of Duke August: From Source Material for His Cryptomenytices [a cryptological compendium] to Focal Point in His Library). In Wolfenbütteler Beiträge 5 (1982), pp. 83-121. (article, refereed irregular publication)
Strasser, Gerhard F. “The
Noblest Cryptologist: Duke August the Younger of Brunswick-Luneburg (Gustavus Selenus) and His Cryptological
Activities.” In Cryptologia: A
Quarterly Journal Devoted to All Aspects of
Cryptology (Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology,
Lalande, John F., II.,
and Gerhard F. Strasser. “Testing and the TA
from Abroad.” In AAUSC [American Association of University
Supervisors and Coordinators] Newsletter (
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Publishing History in the Making: The Brothers Stern of Lüneburg and Duke August’s 1624 Handbook on Secret
Communication.” In Literary Research
Newsletter, 8, No. 2 (Spring 1983), pp. 59-72.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Athanasius Kircher’s Cartographic
Sketches for his Mundus subterraneus.”
In Mapline (Newberry Library,
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Die Bedeutung der Musiktherapie
in der italienischen
Renaissance” (The Significance of Musical Therapy in the Italian
Renaissance). In Res Publica
Litterarum (
Strasser, Gerhard F. “La Contribution d’Athanase Kircher à la tradition humaniste hiéroglyphique” (The Contribution of Athanasius
Kircher to the Humanist Hieroglyphic
Tradition). In XVIIe
Siècle (
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Lingua
realis, lingua universalis und lingua cryptologica: Analogiebildungen
beiden Universalsprachen des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts” (The Use of Analogy in the Creation of
Universal Languages of the 16th and 17th Centuries). In
Berichte zur Wissenschafts-geschichte, 12 (1989), pp.
203-217.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Trends in the Treatment of the GDR,
Strasser, Gerhard F. “[Editorial Views of] Comparative
Literature Studies.” In ICLA [(International Comparative
Literature Association] Bulletin, 9 (1991), pp. 22-25.
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Das
Erbe von Johannes Amos Comenius
und Samuel Hartlib: Tagungen
in
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Dritte internationale
Emblemkonferenz an der
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Zwei wenig bekannte
Sammlungen an der
Strasser, Gerhard F. “Tibet im 17. Jahrhundert: Johannes Grueber, S. J., seine Reisebeschreibungen und die Frage ihrer Veröffentlichung” (Tibet in the 17th Century: Johannes Grueber, S. J., His Travelogues, and the Question of their Publication). In Daphnis: Zeitschrift für mittlere deutsche Literatur