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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
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Department of German University of Aberdeen 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

    Burgess, G., Bornstein, B.
    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

  • Junge Frauen am Krankenbett im St.-Clara-Spital

    Burgess, G.
    Jahreshefte der Internationalen Wolfgang-Borchert-Gesellschaft, pp. 38-43
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 'Messenger without Weapon. Gespräch mit dem Autor Eddie Lawler

    Burgess, G.
    Jahreshefte der Internationalen Wolfgang-Borchert-Gesellschaft, pp. 54-57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Wolfgang Borchert: 'Der leidenschaftliche Hamburger'

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

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Research

Research Areas

German

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Research Specialisms

  • German Language
  • German Literature
  • German Studies

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

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