name: Brian Murdoch
birth_date: 1944-06-26 00:00:00
genres: Philology, German Culture, Celtic Culture
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about: Brian Oliver Murdoch FRHistS is an English philologist who is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Stirling in Scotland. He specializes in the study of early Germanic and Celtic literature, on which he has authored and edited several influential works.He has published monographs, articles, editions and edited collections on early medieval heroic and biblical literature, mainly German, English and the Celtic languages, plus a comparative study of the legend of Hero and Leander. He has also published extensively on the literature and songs of of the World Wars, most recently on the theme of Everyman in German war-plays. He has translated from classical and medieval Latin and from medieval and modern German, notably Erich Maria Re Brian Oliver Murdoch FRHistS is an English philologist who is Emeritus Professor of German at the University of Stirling in Scotland. He specializes in the study of early Germanic and Celtic literature, on which he has authored and edited several influential works.He has published monographs, articles, editions and edited collections on early medieval heroic and biblical literature, mainly German, English and the Celtic languages, plus a comparative study of the legend of Hero and Leander. He has also published extensively on the literature and songs of of the World Wars, most recently on the theme of Everyman in German war-plays. He has translated from classical and medieval Latin and from medieval and modern German, notably Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front (1994) and The Way Back (2019). ...more