EDUCATION:
B.A. Birminham-Southern College
M.A. and Ph.D. University of North Carolina 1960
INTERESTS: The English language from its beginnings to the present day, Old English and other Germanic literatures, later literature in English including the poetry of Ezra Pound. My preferred approach to the study of literature is philological in the broad sense; that is, precise study of the language of a text followed by critical analysis and aesthetic evaluation.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
--Seventh edition of A Guide to Old English (Oxford: Blackwell, forthcoming 2006)
--Second edition of Beowulf: An Edition with Relevant Shorter Texts (Oxford: Blackwell, forthcoming 2006)
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES: Before retirement I taught Old English and courses in medieval literatures of England and Europe.
GRADUATE COURSES: Old English
