O'Flaherty, James Carneal

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O'FLAHERTY, James Carneal

O'FLAHERTY, James Carneal. American, b. 1914. Genres: Language/ Linguistics, Literary criticism and history, Philosophy, Theology/Religion, Translations. Career: Instructor in Religion and Social Sciences, Georgetown College, KY, 1939-41; Teacher, Pleasureville High School, 1941-42; Pastor, Normal Park Baptist Church, Chicago, 1942-47; Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, Professor 1947-84, Professor Emeritus of German, 1984-. Publications: Unity and Language: A Study in the Philosophy of Hamann, 1952; (trans.) Hamann's Socratic Memorabilia: Translation and Commentary, 1967; (and trans. with J. Ring) Raabe's Else von der Tanne: Translation and Commentary, 1972; (ed. with T. Sellner and R. M. Helm) Nietzsche and the Classical Tradition, 1975, 1979; Johann Georg Hamann, 1979; (ed. with T. Sellner and R.M. Helm) Nietzsche and the Judaeo-Christian Tradition, 1985; The Quarrel of Reason with Itself: Essays on Hamann, Nietzsche, Lessing and Michaelis, 1988; Johan Georg Ha- mann: Einfuhrung in sein Leben und Werk, 1989; Numerous articles and reviews in Germanic studies, including articles on the relation of the German professoriate to Nazism, especially that of Max Planck and Werner Heisenberg. Died 2002.

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