Manfred Görlach
Manfred Görlach (born July 12, 1937 in Berlin ) is a German Anglist .
Life
Görlach studied English, Latin, Indo-European, philosophy and education at the Free University of Berlin (1957–1961). In December 1961 he was arrested by the State Security in East Berlin and sentenced in March 1962 in Potsdam by judge Hermann Wohlgethan to four years in prison for helping to escape. In August 1964 he was ransomed by the Federal Republic of Germany and completed his studies with a state examination in West Berlin in November 1966. From April 1967 to March 1984 he was employed as an assistant and academic adviser at the English Department of Heidelberg University ; here he also received his doctorate in 1970 with a thesis on southern English legend . From 1984 until his retirement in 2002 he held the chair for English Linguistics and Medieval Studies at the University of Cologne .
Fonts (selection)
- The "South English Legendary", "Gilte Legende" and "Golden Legend" . Institute for English and American Studies, Braunschweig 1972.
- The Textual Tradition of the South English Legendary . University of Leeds, School of English, Leeds 1974.
- Introduction to the history of the English language . Quelle & Meyer, Heidelberg 1974.
- Introduction to Early Modern English . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1991.
- Studies in Middle English Saints' Legends . C. Winter, Heidelberg 1998.
- English in Nineteenth-Century England: An Introduction . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999.
- Topics in English Historical Linguistics . C. Winter, Heidelberg 2003.
Web links
- Biography on contemporary witness office
- private homepage
- GDR escape helper Prof. Dr. Manfred Görlach in Wiesloch , report on the website of the Johann Philipp Bronner School in Wiesloch
- Manfred Görlach at ddr-zeitzeuge.de
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Görlach, Manfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Anglist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |