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Geb. 1947, Leeds, Großbritannien/Nordirland
Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft - Sprachwissenschaft - Didaktik - Computerlinguistik - Medienwissenschaft - German Studies (Fachgebiet) - German language, literature and ideas, 1700 to present; The new media in Germany (Lehrgebiet)
Anschrift: University of Leeds - Leeds LS2 9JT
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Besondere Forschungsgebiete: Modern German literature and thought; Language teaching methodology; Applications of Internet technologies to German Studies
Monographien: The Fiction of Humanity. Studies in the Bildungsroman from Wieland to Thomas Mann (1982). Goethe, 'Faust 1'. A Critical Guide (1987). Thomas Mann: 'Doktor Faustus' (1994).
Aufsätze und Beiträge: Fiction and Meaning in Thomas Mann's Felix Krull (JES, 1980). 'Da wird hinten immer fortgespielt': un-ended plots in Die Wahlverwandtschaften (PEGS, 1983-84). Analogies of Salvation in Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus (LGS III, 1986). Goethe on Genius, in Genius: the History of an Idea (ed. P. Murray) (1988). Views from Aloft: Beauty, Truth and Utility in Modern German Literature (University of Leeds Review, 1987-88). Doubts about Despair: Christa Wolf's Kindheitsmuster, in Reflection and Action (ed. J. Hardin) (1991). Sources of identity: reflections on the pronoun 'wir' in Christa Wolf's fiction (LGS V, 1993). Joseph Peter Stern: A Memoir (Proceedings of the British Academy, 1993). The Magic Mountain, in Thomas Mann (ed. M. Minden) (1995). Thoughts back in season? Thomas Mann's First World War Essays and the Problem of German Identity (PEGS, 1995).
Zusätzliche Kurzinformationen: MA, PhD (Cantab), PGCE