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Brian Murdoch is Professor Emeritus of German of the University of Stirling in Scotland and has held visiting fellowships and lectureships in Oxford and Cambridge. He has published monographs, articles, editions, and edited collections on early and medieval literature, mainly heroic or theological, including a study of the legend of Hero and Leander as well as several books on the biblical and apocryphal Adam and Eve story. He has also written extensively on the literature of the World Wars, and a study of the theme of Everyman in German war-plays appeared recently. As a translator, his publications include works from classical and medieval Latin and from medieval and modern German, most notably the new versions of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and its sequel, The Way Back, but also works by other writers, including Mirjam Pressler's novels for young adults, Shylock's Daughter, and Malka.