Gregory C. Richter
Professor of German and Linguistics
Truman State University
grichter@truman.edu


  • Kǒngzǐ: Zhōng Yōng and Dà Xué  /  Confucius: The Doctrine of the Mean and The Great Learning
    Pinyin Transcription, Gloss, English Translation
  • Yì Jīng (I Ching) / The Book of Changes
    Pinyin Transcription, Gloss, English Translation
  • Albert Giraud: Pierrot Narcisse
    English Translation
  • Sūnzǐ: Bīng Fǎ / Sunzi: The Art of War
    Pinyin Transcription, Gloss, English Translation
  • The Tocharian A Maitreyasamiti-Nātaka
    Gloss, Grammatical Analysis: In Progress.

Selected Publications:

  • 2004. [Trans. from German] With E. James Lieberman. The Myth of the Birth of the Hero (Der Mythus von der Geburt des Helden, 1922, by Otto Rank) Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press [A psychological discussion of hero myths in many cultures.]
  • 2001. [Trans. from French] Pierrot Lunaire (1884, by Albert Giraud). Kirksville: Truman State University Press. [Fifty poems celebrating Pierrot and the commedia dell'arte.]
  • 1998. [Trans. from Chinese] The Gate of All Marvelous Things: A Guide to Reading the Tao Te Ching. San Francisco: Red Mansions Press. [gloss, transcription, and translation of the classic by Laozi.]
  • 1998. [Trans. from German] With E. James Lieberman. Psychology and the Soul (Seelenglaube und Psychologie, 1931, by Otto Rank). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. [a psychological/cultural history of belief in the soul.]
  • 1992. [Trans. from German] The Incest Theme in Literature and Legend (Das Inzest-Motiv in Dichtung und Sage, 1912, by Otto Rank). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. [an exhaustive treatment of the Oedipus and Electra legends and related material from the Greeks to the twentieth century.]