:: Michael & Birgitt Flohr ::

:: Essays et Cetera ::

The following collects all essays and work not related to (mathematical) physics) written by myself or my wife Birgitt. The collection starts with all my essays on theology, religion and liturgy. These are all in German.
    Further below, you find a list of all essays of my wife Birgitt on English literature and literary criticism. They are all in English.
    Finally, at the bottom, you find some other written works. However, access to these works is restricted as they are of a more private nature.



:: Essays by Michael Flohr ::


  1. Der historische Jesus und der Christus des Glaubens
    Authors: Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract This essay collects so far known facts about the historical (human) person Jesus of Nazareth and contrasts these with the image of Jesus Christ in the Christian religion.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for St.-Gregorius Haus Aachen, March 1994, 25pp., private archive

  2. Aufbau des Wortgottesdienstes innerhalb der Messfeier und Gedanken zur sinnvollen Gestaltung
    Authors: Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract This essay explains the structure of the Liturgy of the Word within the Holy Mass in Catholic Church and suggests thoughts on how this part of the Service may sensibly be designed.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for St.-Gregorius Haus Aachen, January 1994, 16pp., private archive

  3. Die Bedeutung der Bibel (im allgemeinen), insbesondere des Alten Testamentes, für den Christen auch heute noch
    Authors: Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract This essay discusses the (potential) meaning of the Holy Bible, in particular of the Old Testimony, for Christians in our modern times.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for St.-Gregorius Haus Aachen, September 1993, 16pp., private archive

  4. Die verschiedenen Rollen in der Liturgie
    Authors: Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract This essay discusses the different roles of the various participants in the liturgy of the Catholic Church.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for St.-Gregorius Haus Aachen, June 1993, 14pp., private archive

  5. Staatliche Gesetze und Christliche Moral (unter Hinzuziehung von Beispielen)
    Authors: Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract This essay discusses the difficult question of the relation of laws, issued by a state, and Christian moral or ethics. The discussion is developed out of more or less notorious examples, where conflicts may arise.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for St.-Gregorius Haus Aachen, February 1993, 20pp., private archive

  6. Die Tätige Teilnahme der Gemeinde im Gottesdienst (Geschichte und Gegenwart)
    Authors: Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract This essay discusses the participatio activa of the parish in the Service of the Holy Mass in the Catholic Church. The focus lies on the comparison of the time before and after the Second Vaticanian Council.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for St.-Gregorius Haus Aachen, December 1992, 14pp., private archive

  7. Was ist Kirche (in biblisch-theologischer Sicht)?
    Authors: Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract This essay attempts to define what Church is or constitutes in the theological viewpoint, concentrating on the Bible.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for St.-Gregorius Haus Aachen, September 1992, 6pp., private archive

  8. Der Weihnachtsfestkreis und sein liturgischer Sinn
    Authors: Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract This essay discusses the structure of the Christmas time within the Catholic Church. It details the various sections of this time, starting with the period of Advent, and explains the respective liturgical meanings of these sections and special celebrations.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for St.-Gregorius Haus Aachen, June 1992, 8pp., private archive



:: Essays by Birgitt Flohr ::


  1. “Had I not the Evidence of my own Senses”:
    Notions of Authenticity in the Eighteenth Century
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Dissertation for the degree of Masters of Arts, submitted June 2000, at the Department of English Language and Literature. King's College London, United Kingdom.

    Table of Contents
    I. Introduction 4
    II. “Apprehend there is no Certainty that your Suspicions are true”:
    The Cultural Context    		 7
    III. “What's the Meaning if all this?”:
    The Empirical Philosophy of Human Understanding    		 15
    IV. “Which continually disturbed my Imagination”:
    Fictional and Factual Madness    		 27
    V. Conclusion 34
    VI. Bibliography 36
      ::   pdf
    Event  : Masters Thesis (King's College London) June 2000, 46pp., private archive

  2. Representations of the ‘Self’ and the ‘Other’ in Eighteenth-Century Travel Literature
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 5/5 for the course Literature of the Eighteenth Century.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, May 1999, 11pp., private archive

  3. Stories of Belonging: Female Memoir in the Eighteenth Century and Today
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 4/5 for the course Literature of the Eighteenth Century.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, May 1999, 13pp., private archive

  4. Eighteenth-Century Philosophy of Knowledge, Morals and Self as a Background to the Literature of the Period
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 2/2 for the course Research Methods constituting a selected bibliography compiled and commented by Birgitt Flohr.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Survey essay for King's College London, February 1999, 12pp., private archive

  5. The Relationship between Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century:
    A Discussion of an Interdisciplinary Approach
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 1/2 for the course Research Methods.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, January 1999, 12pp., private archive

  6. The Relationship between Knowledge and Experience in the Nineteenth Century
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 2/2 for the course Victorian Science.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, January 1999, 12pp., private archive

  7. Middlemarch and the Uncertainty of Science:
    A Study of Knowledge and Imagination in the Nineteenth Century
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 1/2 for the course Victorian Science.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, January 1999, 11pp., private archive

  8. Linguistic Consequences of Different Types of Linguistic Impariment due to Cerebral Damage
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 2/2 for the course Modern English Language.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, May 1998, 14pp., private archive

  9. The Relationship between Fiction and Autobiography
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 2/2 for the course American Literature.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, April 1998, 19pp., private archive

  10. Concepts of Femininity in the Letters of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 3/5 for the course Literature of the Eighteenth Century.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, April 1998, 10pp., private archive

  11. How reliable a narrator is Richardson's Pamela?
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 2/5 for the course Literature of the Eighteenth Century.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, April 1998, 10pp., private archive

  12. The Relationship between Thought and Reality in Cognitive Semantics
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 1/2 for the course Modern English Language.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, March 1998, 8pp., private archive

  13. Is there any ‘Essential Difference’ between the Language of Poetry and that of Prose?
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 2/2 for the course Modern Critical Thought.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, January 1998, 12pp., private archive

  14. The Treatment of Female Characters in Edith Wharton's The House of Mirth in the Light of American Gender Theory and History in the Early Twentieth Century
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 1/2 for the course American Literature.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, January 1998, 13pp., private archive

  15. Swift's Attitude to Reason in Book IV of Gulliver's Travels
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 1/5 for the course Literature of the Eighteenth Century.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, December 1997, 8pp., private archive

  16. The Relation between Creation and Criticism in the Work of Matthew Arnold and Oscar Wild
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay no. 1/2 for the course Modern Critical Thought.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, November 1997, 9pp., private archive

  17. The Experience of Culture Clash in Toni Morrison's Tar Baby
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Essay to obtain admission for the Prospectus Postgraduatus in the School of Humanities of King's College London, United Kingdom.   ::   pdf
    Event  : Essay for King's College London, September 1997, 13pp., private archive



:: Other works by Birgitt & Michael Flohr ::


Caveat: Access to these files is restricted to family members only!

  1. Weihnachtsbriefe
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr, Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Hier eine (unvollständige) Sammlung unserer Weihnachtsbriefe für alle diejenigen, die sie noch einmal nachlesen wollen und/oder die sie verloren oder verlegt haben ;-)
        Diese Briefe berichten ab 1997 davon, wie es uns im jeweils zu Ende gegangenen Jahr ergangen ist. Da wir 2005 und 2009 nicht dazu gekommen sind, einen solchen Brief zu schreiben, fehlen diese Jahrgänge :-(       ::   Letters ::   2011    [pdf ]   ::   2010    [pdf ]   ::   2009    [    ]   ::
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    Journal: Φ ∪ M Productions, 1997 … 2011, private archive

  2. On the Basic Chemistry Determining the Behavior of Conscious Large Scale Hyper-Molecular Complexes
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr, Michael Flohr, Alex Federau-Flohr, Annabella Plurabella Blumenstrumpf, Anni, Sir Arthur Fudge upon Streatham Hill, Kartellbruder Boris, Emily Dickinson, Gorilla Bär, Hephalump, Kleine Eule, Larson Anderson Blumenstrumpf, Lucky, Maja of Carmel, Mama Eule, Marvin Schwarzenegger, Opa Bär, Osita di Madrid, Paddington, Papa Bär, Pepe Spiceboy, Petrus Felicitus Oliva Robur, Pu Federau-Flohr, Redwood, Sally Spicegirl, Smiley, Ted Roosevelt, Teddy, Urmel, Dr. Ursa Doctissima, Captain Winnie zur See, Zotti (M ∪ Φ research group)
    Sources: Abstract The fundamental chemical processes and substances, which govern the principal behavior of conscious large scale hyper-molecular complexes (Mr > 3⋅1027), are revealed. Contrary to established opinion, very special and surprising combinations of well known basic bio-chemical substances such as amino acids and sugars are found to form the most important and powerful behavioral controling agents.   ::   pdf
    Journal: A Φ ∪ M Production, July 1998, 9pp., private archive   ::   published in Journal of Weddings in Chemistry, Vol. 1, July 1998, 1-9

  3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr, Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract Bearmount in cooperation with Universal Bears
    presents

    a Φ ∪ M production
      ::  
    book and direction: Birgitt & Michael Flohr

      ::  

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind

      ::  

    after a movie by Steven SpielBear
      ::  
    with special effects by Bear-Dust-ial Light & Magic       ::   pdf
    Journal: A Φ ∪ M Production, September 1997, 15pp., private archive   ::   presented by Bearmount in cooperation with Universal Bears

  4. Eine unendliche Geschichte
    Authors: Birgitt Flohr, Michael Flohr
    Sources: Abstract oder: Eine kleine Zeitreise, in der wir Kenntnis erlangen von dem großen Geheimnis des Universums, in ein paar kleinen Zahlen und den unbegreiflichen Gesetzen des Kosmos unendliche Geschichten zu erzählen — selbst von der ewigen Liebe.

    Eine Φ ∪ M Produktion  ::  Buch und Regie: Birgitt & Michael Flohr       ::   pdf
    Journal: A Φ ∪ M Production, July 1996, 6pp., private archive