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Professor Gordon Burgess

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Professor Gordon Burgess
Professor Gordon Burgess
Professor Gordon Burgess

BA, M Phil (Lond.), PhD (Aberd.)

Emeritus Professor

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Email Address
g.burgess@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

Department of German ºÚÁÏÍø Aberdeen AB24 3UB UK

School/Department
School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture

Biography

Professor Burgess’s main interests lie in three areas:

(a) German literature from the 17th to the 20th centuries, with special emphasis on the German Baroque, German Classicism, and post-1945 writings;

(b) Humanities computing and Computer-assisted language learning;

(c) The life and works of Wolfgang Borchert. The author of standard monographs in German and English on Borchert's life and times, he co-authors the Society's annual journal (Jahresheft): see http://www.borchertgesellschaft.de.

External Memberships

Professor Burgess is a founder member, former President and Vice President (Stellvertretender Vorsitzender) of the Internationale Wolfgang-Borchert-Gesellschaft, based in Hamburg.

Latest Publications

  • Outside the Door. Probleme beim Übersetzen

    Bornstein, B., Burgess, G.
    Jahreshefte der Internationalen Wolfgang-Borchert-Gesellschaft, vol. 35, pp. 45-48
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 'Mehr nicht. Es genügt'. Wolfgang Borcherts Arbeit als Lektor im Lichte seiner Schriftstellerpraxis

    Burgess, G.
    'Horch hinein in den Tumult deiner Abgründe!'. Winter, H., Kraske, B. (eds.). 1 edition. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (wbg), pp. 79-93, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Wolfgang Borchert: 'Der leidenschaftliche Hamburger'

    Burgess, G.
    Flandziu. Halbjahresblätter für Literatur der Moderne, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 269-276
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Wolfgang Borchert in Switzerland

    Burgess, G.
    Crossing Frontiers. Cultural Exchange and Conflict: Papers in Honour of Malcolm Pender. Burns, B., Charnley, J. (eds.). Rodopi, pp. 119-134, 16 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Wolfgang Borchert. Ich glaube an mein Glück: Eine Biographie

    Burgess, G. J. A.
    Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag, Berlin, Germany. 299 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

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Research

Research Areas

Research Specialisms

  • German Language
  • German Literature
  • German Studies

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Publications

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  • 'Verweigerung jeglicher ärztlichen Behandlung': Neu entdecktes Material aus dem Jahre4 1947

    Burgess, G.
    Jahreshefte der Internationalen Wolfgang-Borchert-Gesellschaft, vol. 13, pp. 6-8
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 'Vor der Tür' oder 'auf der Straße': Zur englischen Neufassung von 'Draußen vor der Tür'

    Burgess, G.
    Jahreshefte der Internationalen Wolfgang-Borchert-Gesellschaft, vol. 12, pp. 19-24
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Die natürliche Tochter: A Model of Interculturality?

    Burgess, G.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
  • Four years of 'Research in Germanic Studies' (RIGS): taking stock

    Burgess, G.
    German Studies Library Group Newsletter, no. 28, pp. 2-10
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A computer-assisted analysis of Goethe's 'Die Wahlverwandtschaften. The Enigma of Elective Affinities

    Burgess, G.
    The Edwin Mellen Press, New York. 264 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • A pale imitation of its forebear: Christa Schmidt's Die 'Wahlverwandten' (Goethe)

    Burgess, G.
    Oxford German Studies, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 169-189
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Pack das Leben bei den Haaren: Wolfgang Borchert in neuer Sicht

    Burgess, G., Winter, H.
    Dölling und Galitz, Hamburg. 320 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
  • Wolfgang Borchert: Allein mit meinem Schatten und dem Mond

    Burgess, G. (ed.), Töteberg, M. (ed.)
    Books and Reports: Edited Collections
  • Wolfgang Borchert

    Burgess, G.
    Christians, Hamburg. 173 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
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