Galinsky was a professor of
comparative literature and American studies at the
University of Mainz from 1952 to 1977. He co-founded the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien. His monograph
Naturae Cursus. Der Weg einer antiken kosmologischen Metapher von der Alten in die Neue Welt (1968) is about the expression
naturae cursus or "of course" interpreted as a
metaphor.
Wegbereiter moderner amerikanischer Lyrik (1968) is about the interpretation and reception history of the poetry of
Emily Dickinson and
William Carlos Williams. Since 1992, the Hans Galinsky Memorial Prize is awarded by the Center for Early American Studies of the University of Mainz. ==References==