Werner von Koppenfels

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Werner von Koppenfels (born November 25, 1938 in Dresden ) is a German philologist and translator .

Life

Werner von Koppenfels completed in 1956 to study English Literature and Romance Studies at the universities in Heidelberg , Munich and Nice . In 1967 he earned his doctorate in philosophy with a thesis on John Donne in Munich . In 1973 he received his habilitation , and from 1974 he was professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Munich . In 1986/1987 he was visiting professor at the University of Virginia and in 1992 at the University of Minnesota . Koppenfels, who has since retired , now lives in Munich.

Koppenfels has been a member of the German Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt since 1994 .

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Werner von Koppenfels published literary studies; since 1996 he has been one of the editors of the magazine Antike und Abendland . He also translates literary texts from English, French, Spanish and Latin.

Prizes and awards

Works

  • The Petrarchist element in John Donne's poetry. Munich 1967.
  • Esca et hamus. Munich 1973.
  • Image and metamorphosis. Darmstadt 1991.
  • The other look or The Legacy of Menippos. Munich 2007.

Editing

  • with Friedhelm Kemp : 1. From Villon to Théophile de Viau (= French poetry. Volume 1). Munich 1990.
  • Aldous Huxley : Essays. Munich.
    • 1. Forays. 1994.
    • 2. Shape in time. 1994.
    • 3. Soul and Society. 1994.
  • English and American poetry. Munich.
    • with Friedhelm Kemp: 1. English poetry from Chaucer to Milton. 2000.
    • with Manfred Pfister: 2. English poetry from Dryden to Tennyson. 2000.
  • with Andreas Höfele : Renaissance go-betweens. Berlin u. a. 2005.
  • Baroque Gardens of Literature. Mainz 2007.

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personal data
SURNAME Koppenfels, Werner von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Anglist
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden