Paul Gerhard Buchloh

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Paul Gerhard Buchloh (born March 4, 1922 in Barmen ; † May 6, 1986 in Kiel ) was a German English and Americanist .

Live and act

Paul Gerhard Buchloh was born on March 4, 1922 in Barmen (today a district of Wuppertal). After attending school in Barmen and Düsseldorf , he passed the Abitur examination in 1940. Military service and imprisonment followed from 1940 to 1946. From 1946 to 1951 he studied English , Romance studies and history at the University of Cologne . After receiving his doctorate in 1951, he was a research assistant in Cologne until 1959 and then a private lecturer in English and American studies here for a year . From 1960 to 1962 he was an associate professor at the English Department at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel ; From 1961 to 1962 he was a substitute professor in Berlin and from 1962 to 1986 he was a full professor of English and American studies at the University of Kiel . From 1972 to 1973 he also held the post of rector of this university.

Fonts (selection)

Books

  • Edmund Burke's treatment and assessment of the old Germanic period in England in the context of the general English problem in the 18th century. Dissertation. Cologne 1950.
  • Michael Drayton. Bard and historian, politician and prophet. A contribution to the treatment and assessment of the early national history of Great Britain in English poetry of the late Renaissance. (= Kiel contributions to English and American studies. Volume 1). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1964. (Habilitation thesis)
  • with George Ian Duthie: Shakespeare's King Lear. History or tragedy, research into textual criticism. (= Publications of the Schleswig-Holstein University Society of Kiel. Volume 35). Hirt, Kiel 1965.
  • with Jens P. Becker: The detective novel. Studies of the history and form of English and American detective literature. Knowledge Book Society, Darmstadt 1973, ISBN 3-534-05379-6 . (4th edition 1990).
  • Collected essays and lectures. Volume 1: Democracy in Probation / Cultural Change and Politics. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-8204-5388-1 .

As editor

  • American stories from Hawthorne to Salinger. Interpretations. (= Kiel contributions to English and American studies. Volume 6). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1968.
  • Herman Melville. (= Paths of Research. Volume 294). Knowledge Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1974, ISBN 3-534-05022-3 .
  • Studies in English and American language and literature. Festschrift for Helmut Papajewski. (= Kiel contributions to English and American studies. Volume 10). Wachholtz, Neumünster 1974, ISBN 3-529-03210-7 .
  • American colony of Göttingen. Historical and other data collected between the years 1855 and 1888. (= works from the Lower Saxony State and University Library Göttingen. Volume 15). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1976, ISBN 3-525-85264-9 .
  • On the trail of the detective story. Essays on the form and evaluation of English detective literature. (= Paths of Research. Volume 377). Wissenschaftliche Buchges., Darmstadt 1977, ISBN 3-534-06143-8 .
  • Selected aspects of English teaching in upper secondary school , Schmidt & Klaunig, Kiel 1978.
  • Modern English-language drama in college and school. (= Literature in science and teaching. Volume 11 / supplement). English seminar at the university, Kiel 1978.
  • Studies of English-language literature and culture in books and films. (= Kiel contributions to the expansion of English philology. Volumes 2 and 4). two volumes. Kieler Verlag Wissenschaft und Bildung, Kiel 1982/1985, ISBN 3-925053-02-6 and ISBN 3-925053-04-2 .
  • The forgotten Germans. Schleswig-Holsteiner in North America; Publications of a pilot project. (= Kiel contributions to the expansion of English philology. Volume 3). Kieler Verlag Wissenschaft u. Education, Kiel 1983.

Essays

  • From Pilgrim's Progress to Pilgrim's Regress. In: Erich Burck (ed.): The idea of ​​progress. Beck. Munich 1963, pp. 153-187.
  • Interdependence from - Interdependence for - Interdependence. Change and Effect of the American Idea of ​​Independence. In: Ulrich Matthée (Ed.): 200 years of the USA. Two centuries of ties with Schleswig-Holstein. Press and Information Office of the State Government of Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel 1976, pp. 29–38.
  • Fishing - regional or national? A philological consideration. In: Offa. Volume 37, 1980, pp. 360-365.
  • The depiction of the Vikings in Old English lore and poetry. In: Offa. Volume 41, 1984, pp. 13-28.
  • Three hundred years of Germans in America? Immigration from Schleswig-Holstein to New Amsterdam / New York. In: North Frisian Yearbook. NF, Vol. 20, 1984, pp. 43-59.
  • Roots of the American view of Germany. Types of German in English cultural and literary history. In: Frank Krampikowski (Ed.): American image of Germany and German image of America in media and education. Pedag. Verlag Burgbücherei Schneider, Baltmannsweiler 1990, ISBN 3-87116-633-2 , pp. 65–82.

Festschrift

  • Dietrich Jäger et al. (Ed.): Perspektiven der Interpretation. Essays on English and American literature and cultural studies; in memoriam Paul G. Buchloh (1922–1986). (= Literature in science and teaching. Volume 20/1). Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1987.

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personal data
SURNAME Buchloh, Paul Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German English studies, American studies and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1986
Place of death Kiel