Geb. 1945, Edinburgh, Großbritannien/Nordirland - German language and literature from 1750; Literary relations between Germany and Scotland (Lehrgebiet)

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University of Edinburgh - Department of German and Russian, University of Edinburgh - David Hume Tower, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JX

Besondere Forschungsgebiete Reception of Scottish literature in Germany (esp. German Ossianism); Hölderlin

Monographien Hölderlin's 'Hyperion' (1984). The Poems of Ossian and Related Works (ed. H. Gaskill, with an introduction by F. Stafford) (1996).

Aufsätze und Beiträge The 'Fürst des Fests' in Hölderlin's Friedensfeier (MLR, 1970). Hölderlin's medievalism (N, 1973). Hölderlin's contact with pietism (MLR, 1974). Hölderlin and Revolution (FMLS, 1976). Meaning in history: 'Chiliasm' in Hölderlin's Patmos (CollGerm, 1978). Hermann Broch as a translator of Edwin Muir (NGS, 1978). Edwin Muir as a critic of Hölderlin (FMLS, 1978). Edwin Muir and Goethe (PEGS, 1978). Edwin Muir: The German aspect (Lines Review, 1979). Edwin Muir's friend in Hellerau: Iwar von Lücken (GLL, 1979). Hölderlin and the poetry of Edwin Muir (FMLS, 1980). Hölderlin's Friedensfeier and the 'living building' (NGS, 1980). Iwar von Lücken: Ein vergessener Poet des Dresdner Expressionismus (JbDSG, 1980). 'Ich seh', ich sehe, wie das enden muß': Observations on a misunderstood passage in Hölderlin's Hyperion (MLR, 1981). Some recent trends in Hölderlin criticism (GLL, 1983). Edwin Muir in Hellerau (Scottish Literary Journal, 1984). 'Ossian' Macpherson: Towards a Rehabilitation (Comparative Criticism, 1986). Open Circles: Hoffmann's Kater Murr and Hölderlin's Hyperion (CollGerm, 1986). Ossian at Home and Abroad (SMLS, 1988). On the Continuing Sorrows of 'Ossian' Macpherson (18th Century Scotland, 1988). German Ossianism: A Reappraisal? (GLL, 1989). What did James Macpherson really leave on display at his publisher's shop in 1762? (Scottish Gaelic Studies, 1990). Hölderlin and Ossian (Hölderlin-Jahrbuch, 1990-91). 'Diss ist die Zeit der Könige nicht mehr': Hölderlin and Republicanism (SMLS, 1991). Hölderlin and Ossian (LGS IV, 1992). Ossian in Europe (Canadian Review of Comparative Literature, 1994). The 'Joy of Grief': Moritz and Ossian (CollGerm, 1995). Herder, Ossian and the Celtic, in Celticism (ed. T. Brown) (1996). On Macpherson's Ossian (East Central Intelligencer, 1996). Ossian, in Goethe-Handbuch (1997).