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Professor Charlie Louth is a Professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages and a Fellow of Queen's College. He holds a B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on 18th-20th century German poetry, with special attention to Goethe, Hölderlin, Mörike, Rilke, and Celan, alongside romanticism, translation studies, and comparative literature. He has produced seminal translations of Hölderlin's letters and Rilke's works, including Rilke: The Life of the Work (OUP, 2020) and an upcoming 2025 translation of Hölderlin's complete correspondence.
His essays, collected in Crossings: Essays on Poetry and Translation from Hölderlin to Jaccottet (2024), explore intersections between German and French poetry, translation aesthetics, and classical reception. Louth teaches German language and literature, emphasizing poetic form, romanticism, and modernist lyricism. His work bridges historical analysis with contemporary critical theory, examining themes like intertextuality, philosophical poetics, and the dynamics of literary translation.
Publications include edited volumes on German literary history (e.g., From the Enlightenment to Modernism, 2021) and reviews of seminal texts like Kafka's The Burrow. Ongoing projects include a study of Celan and research on Mayröcker. Louth's contributions span academic monographs, translations, and editorial work, positioning him as a leading figure in German literary studies and comparative poetics.
