About

Semi-retired professor emeritus from Virginia Military Institute, currently teaching occasionally at James Madison University.

Education

B.A. Davidson College

M.A. in Folklore, UNC-CH

Ph.D. in medieval English literature, UNC-CH

Blog Posts

    Publications

    Words That Tear the Flesh: Sarcasm in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Cultures, co-edited with Elizabeth Rambo, De Gruyter 2018.

    Shakespeare’s Prop Room: An Inventory, co-written with John Leland, McFaland 2016.

    Selected essays and reviews:

    “Teaching Rape to the He-Man Woman Hater’s Club: Chrétien de Troyes at a Military School.” In Teaching Rape in the Medieval Literature Classroom: Approaches to Difficult Texts. Alison Gulley, ed., ARC Humanities Press, 2018.


    “Being Peevish: Teaching Students to Assess Grammatical Rules in Historical Context.” In Teaching History of the English Language. MLA Options for Teaching series, forthcoming in 2018.



    “Perceval in the Avant-Garde: Rohmer, Blank, and von Trier.” In The Holy Grail on Film: Essays on the Cinematic Quest. Ed. Kevin Harty. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland Publishing Co., 2015.


    Review of The Variorum Edition of The Wife of Bath’s Tale, in Speculum, Volume 90, Issue 1 (January 2015): 224-226.


    “The Text-Appeal of Medieval Drama for a Texting Generation.” Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching Volume 21, Issue 2 (Fall 2014): 13-20.


    “The Long and the Short of It: Teaching Chaucer’s Verbal Music.” In Interpretation and Performance: Essays for Alan Gaylord.  Ed. Susan Yager and Elise E. Morse-Gagné. Provo, Utah: The Chaucer Studio Press, 2013: 117-34.


    Review of the Norton Critical Edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in The Journal of English and Germanic Philology Vol. 111, No. 4 (October 4, 2012): 535-538.



    “Everything Old is New Again: Medieval Drama for High School,” The Once and Future Classroom. Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages. Vol. 9 (1): Spring 2011  http://www.teamsmedieval.org/ofc/SP09/Spring2011Drama.html.


     “Liturgical Drama,” for DVD-ROM The English Parish Church through the Centuries: Daily Life & Spirituality, Art &  Architecture, Literature & Music, published by The Center for the Study of Christianity and Culture, October 2010.


     “Introduction to Medieval Drama” (co-authored), for CD-ROM The English Parish Church through the Centuries: Daily Life & Spirituality, Art &  Architecture; Literature & Music, published by The Center for the Study of Christianity and Culture, October 2010.


    “Imaging Salvation in the Medieval Drama Classroom,” The Center for the Study of Christianity and Culture, University of York, 2007.            http://www.christianityandculture.org.uk/education/universities.


     “The Emmaus Plays (Peregrini).” Pilgrims and Pilgrimage: Journey, Spirituality & Daily Life Through the Centuries.  Interactive CD-ROM.  Ed. Dee Dyas.  University of York and St. John’s College, Nottingham: Christianity and Culture, 2006.


     “Chaucer in American Higher Education, Past and Present.” Chaucer: An Oxford Guide. Ed. Steve Ellis.Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Companion Web Site 


    http://www.oup.com/uk/booksites/content/0199259127/resources/usuniversities.pdf.

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