John D. Niles
Ph.D. (1972), Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Frederic G. Cassidy Professor of Humanities
Major publications on medieval topics:
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Old English Literature in Context: Ten Essays
(edited, 1981).
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Beowulf: The Poem and
Its Tradition (1983).
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Anglo-Scandinavian England (co-edited
with Mark Amodio, 1989).
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A Beowulf
Handbook (co-edited with Robert E. Bjork, 1997).
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Anglo-Saxonism and the Construction
of Social Identity (co-edited with
Allen J.
Frantzen, 1997).
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Homo Narrans:
The Poetics and Anthropology of Oral Literature
(1999).
- Old English Enigmatic Poems
and the Play of the Texts (2006).
- Beowulf and Lejre (2006).
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Old English Heroic Poems and the
Social Life of Texts (2007).
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Beowulf: An Illustrated Edition (edited, 2007).
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Klaeber's Beowulf
(4th ed., co-edited with
Rob Fulk and Robert E. Bjork, 2008).
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Work in progress: a book on "Anglo-Saxon
Studies" for the Blackwell Guide
to Criticism
series.
Teaching and Research Interests:
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Old English and Middle English language and literature, Beowulf, Chaucer,
the epic, the ballad, theory of mythology and oral tradition, British and
American folklore, Old French epic poetry, Old Norse literature, Celtic
Studies, Scottish tradition.
Offices held:
- Director of Medieval Studies, University of California, Berkeley
(1999-2001).
- Executive Committee, Old English Division
, Modern Language Association
of America (2002-06)
.
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Advisory Committee, International
Society of Anglo-Saxonists (2000-06).
Address:
Department of English
7127 Helen C. White Hall
University of Wisconsin
Madison,
WI 53706
tel.
(608) 265-9836; FAX 608-263-3709
email:
jdniles@wisc.edu
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