Richard Ernest Walker
The Author and Translator: Richard Ernest Walker, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Maryland, is a specialist in medieval and early modern German literature. His recent research and teaching focussed on literary expressions of religious discontent and social change during the period from the late fifteenth to the seventeenth century. Emphasizing texts, contexts and continuity, his research covered sermons, polemical treatises, satirical popular...See more
The Author and Translator: Richard Ernest Walker, Associate Professor Emeritus, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Maryland, is a specialist in medieval and early modern German literature. His recent research and teaching focussed on literary expressions of religious discontent and social change during the period from the late fifteenth to the seventeenth century. Emphasizing texts, contexts and continuity, his research covered sermons, polemical treatises, satirical popular literature (Schw�nke, Fastnachtspiele, Anekdoten), religious and secular drama, and the interrelatedness of literary history and social history. See less
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