MURDOCH, Brian (Oliver)

MURDOCH, Brian (Oliver). British, b. 1944. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: University of Glasgow, Scotland, lecturer in German, 1968-70; University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, assistant professor of German, 1970-72; University of Stirling, Scotland, lecturer, 1972-, senior lecturer, until 1991, professor of German, 1991-. Cambridge University, visiting fellow of Trinity Hall, 1989. Publications: The Fall of Man in the Early Middle High German Biblical Epic, 1972; The Recapitulated Fall, 1974; The Irish Adam and Eve Story from Saltair na Rann, Vol. II: Commentary, 1976; (with J.S. Groseclose) Die althochdeutschen poetischen Denkmaeler, 1976; Hans Folz and the Adam Legends, 1977; (with M. Read) Siegfried Lenz, 1978; Old High German Literature, 1983; Kudrun: A New Translation with an Introduction and Notes, 1987; Fighting Songs and War- ring Words, 1989; Walthari: A Verse Translation of the Medieval Latin Waltharius, 1989; Remarque: Im Westen nichts Neues, 1991, 2nd ed., 1995; Cornish Literature, 1993; The Germanic Hero, 1996; Adam's Grace, 2000; (with J. Tasioulas) The Apocryphal Lives of Adam and Eve, 2002. EDITOR: (with D. Wells and R. Wisbey, and contrib.) Concordances to the Early Middle High German Biblical Epic, 1976; (with L. Jillings) Martin Luther: Selections, 1977; (with M.G. Ward) Studies in Modern Austrian Literature, 1981; (with M.G. Ward) Studies in Nineteenth Century Austrian Literature, 1983; E.M. Remarque, Im Westen nichts Neues, 1984, rev. ed., 1988; S. Zweig, Schachnovelle, 1986. TRANSLATOR: E.M. Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, 1993; M. Pressler, Shylock's Daughter, 2000; M. Pressler, Malka, 2002. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to scholarly journals and literary magazines. Address: Department of German, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland.