Ronald Speirs

1.5k total citations
14 papers, 253 citations indexed

About

Ronald Speirs is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Philosophy and Visual Arts and Performing Arts. According to data from OpenAlex, Ronald Speirs has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 253 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 4 papers in Philosophy and 2 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Recurrent topics in Ronald Speirs's work include Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (3 papers), Franz Kafka Literary Studies (2 papers) and Theatre and Performance Studies (2 papers). Ronald Speirs is often cited by papers focused on Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel (3 papers), Franz Kafka Literary Studies (2 papers) and Theatre and Performance Studies (2 papers). Ronald Speirs collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Ronald Speirs's co-authors include Raymond Geuss, Friedrich Nietzsche, John Breuilly, Jakob Lothe, Peter Yang, Nigel Harris and John White and has published in prestigious journals such as German Studies Review, The German Quarterly and Group Analysis.

In The Last Decade

Ronald Speirs

9 papers receiving 172 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ronald Speirs United Kingdom 4 106 80 52 26 23 14 253
Tina Chanter United States 8 125 1.2× 106 1.3× 40 0.8× 44 1.7× 14 0.6× 25 258
Pascale-Anne Brault United States 6 127 1.2× 119 1.5× 78 1.5× 27 1.0× 28 1.2× 16 311
Suzanne Guerlac United States 6 73 0.7× 56 0.7× 100 1.9× 20 0.8× 21 0.9× 29 250
Dorothea Olkowski United States 6 92 0.9× 95 1.2× 36 0.7× 20 0.8× 24 1.0× 32 249
Peter Fenves United States 8 140 1.3× 79 1.0× 66 1.3× 44 1.7× 11 0.5× 61 252
Elizabeth Rottenberg United States 7 118 1.1× 103 1.3× 90 1.7× 44 1.7× 21 0.9× 23 310
Thomas Huhn United States 4 60 0.6× 57 0.7× 53 1.0× 21 0.8× 20 0.9× 6 183
Michel de Montaigne 8 77 0.7× 67 0.8× 87 1.7× 34 1.3× 18 0.8× 39 316
Maureen N. McLane United States 8 60 0.6× 68 0.8× 106 2.0× 21 0.8× 29 1.3× 22 287
Judith Norman United States 6 165 1.6× 66 0.8× 42 0.8× 32 1.2× 8 0.3× 13 299

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ronald Speirs

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ronald Speirs

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All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
1.
Speirs, Ronald. (2013). NIETZSCHE'S ‘THIER MIT ROTHEN BACKEN’: THE BIRTH OF CULTURE OUT OF THE SPIRIT OF SHAME. German Life and Letters. 66(1). 1–21.
2.
Lothe, Jakob, et al.. (2011). Franz Kafka: Narration, Rhetoric, and Reading. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 2 indexed citations
3.
Speirs, Ronald, et al.. (2008). The text and its context : studies in modern German literature and society : presented to Ronald Speirs on the occasion of his 65th birthday. P. Lang eBooks.
4.
Speirs, Ronald & John Breuilly. (2005). Germany's two unifications : anticipations, experiences, responses. Palgrave Macmillan eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Speirs, Ronald & John Breuilly. (2005). Germany's Two Unifications. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 2 indexed citations
6.
Speirs, Ronald, et al.. (2004). Zwei Schriftsteller im Exil : Briefwechsel. Wallstein eBooks.
7.
Speirs, Ronald, et al.. (2002). Brecht's Poetry of Political Exile. German Studies Review. 25(2). 377–377. 1 indexed citations
8.
Yang, Peter & Ronald Speirs. (2002). Brecht's Poetry of Political Exile. The German Quarterly. 75(1). 96–96.
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Nietzsche, Friedrich, Raymond Geuss, & Ronald Speirs. (1999). The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 223 indexed citations
10.
Geuss, Raymond & Ronald Speirs. (1999). Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings. 14 indexed citations
11.
Speirs, Ronald, et al.. (1997). Franz Kafka. 2 indexed citations
12.
Speirs, Ronald. (1987). Bertolt Brecht. 3 indexed citations
13.
Speirs, Ronald. (1982). Brecht’s Early Plays. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 2 indexed citations
14.
Speirs, Ronald, et al.. (1982). CAMBRIDGE GROUP WORK: A Review of its Origin and Developnent. Group Analysis. 15(1). 41–46. 1 indexed citations

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