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Dorothee Metlitzki (or Devora Metlitsky) (Königsberg, (East Prussia, July 27, 1914 - Berkeley, California, April 14, 2001) was a German born, later American, author and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley and, for most of her career, at Yale University. She was a specialist in medieval English literature and history, Arabic literature and language and of the author Herman Melville. In addition she was a Zionist who played an important role in the foundation of the modern State of Israel. ==Academic life== Dorothee Metlitzki received a BA and two MA degrees from the University of London, one in medieval English and one in classical Arabic. After helping found Hebrew University in Jerusalem's department of English she moved to the US to attend Yale University, graduating with a PhD in 1954.〔Lawler, Traugott. “Dorothee Metlitzki: Pioneering academic passionate about English and Arab cultures.” ''The Guardian'', 30 April 2001. She then took a position at the University of California, Berkeley's English department as lecturer and later, in 1964, as an associate professor, the department's second woman to ever be tenured. This was followed, in 1966, by teaching for 36 years at Yale University and also becoming the second woman to ever be tenured by that University's department of English as well.〔Lawler, Traugott. “Dorothee Metlitzki: Pioneering academic passionate about English and Arab cultures.” ''The Guardian'', 30 April 2001. She published several academic books dealing with her interests including ''Celestial Origin of Elpheta and Algarsyf in Chaucer's "Squire's Tale,"'' ''Melville's "Orienda"'' and ''The Matter of Araby in Medieval England''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dorothee Metlitzki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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