Professor
Michael Murrin
(
–
)
1938
2021
University of Chicago
;
Chicago, IL
Language and literary scholar; Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
Literature and Language Studies
Elected
2006
David B. and Clara E. Stern Professor in Humanities. Authority on Medieval and Renaissance romance and epics. Analyzed Renaissance allegory as it informs the longer narratives, and studied heroic narratives as expressions of European and extra-European historical, political, and geographic realia. Views them as reflections of their creators.
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