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Michael M. Morton

Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature

mmorton@duke.edu

Box 90256, Durham, NC 27708-0256

116E Old Chemistry, Durham, NC 27708

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Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literature · 2015 - Present German Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications

Schöpferische Weltbetrachtung: Zum Verhältnis von Einbildung und Erkenntnis in Texten der deutschen Romantik

Journal Article Colloquia Germanica · February 2005 Cite

Vernunft ist Sprache: Hamanns Metakritik Kants

Journal Article Lessing Yearbook · 2005 Cite

Johann Gottfried Herder (1744-1803)

Chapter · 2005 Cite

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Education

University of Virginia · 1981 Ph.D.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology · 1977 M.A.

Stanford University · 1971 B.A.