Gerhard Kurz
Gerhard Kurz (* 1943 in Heiligenmoschel ) is a German literary scholar .
Life
He studied German, philosophy and history in Heidelberg (1969/1970 state examination ). After receiving his doctorate in 1973 at the University of Düsseldorf and his habilitation in 1979/1980, he taught from 1980 to 1984 as a professor for German language and literature at the University of Amsterdam . From 1984 to 2008 he was professor for recent German literary history and general literary studies at the University of Giessen . From 1990 to 1998 he was President of the Hölderlin Society. Since 2001 he has been the deputy chairman of the administrative committee of the Free German Hochstift .
Fonts (selection)
- Styles. About rhythm, rhyme, style and ambiguity . Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-525-34013-3 .
- Metaphor, allegory, symbol . Göttingen 2004, ISBN 3-525-34032-X .
- The true, beautiful, good. The rise, fall, and persistence of a triad . Paderborn 2015, ISBN 3-7705-5888-X .
- Hermeneutic Arts. The practice of interpretation . Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 3-476-04685-0 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | In short, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Holy Moschel |