Herbert Deinert (December 13, 1930 – August 4, 2010) was a Professor Emeritus in the Department of German Studies, Cornell University. He was a noted scholar focusing on German literature and intellectual history since the time of Martin Luther. His early work centered on the influence of Rilke on music but later focused on the works of Goethe (especially Faust), Hesse, Kafka, Mann, Brecht. More recently he has helped to understand the influence of Protestantism on Germany directly after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Writing on the subject, Deinert said:
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