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Books |
The Tyranny of Heaven: Milton’s Rejection of God as King
U. Delaware Press.
Read a sample of this book
here.
Review
of Tyranny of Heaven
Early Modern Literary Studies 10.1 (May, 2004).
Review
of Tyranny of Heaven
Seventeenth-Century News, 62, no. 3, (2004).
Review
of Tyranny of Heaven
SEL
45,1 (Winter 2005).
Review of Tyranny of Heaven
Milton Quarterly 40.3 (October, 2006)
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2004 |
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Book
Chapters |
“The Mysterious
Darkness of Unknowing: Paradise Lost and the God
Beyond Names”
A Poem Written In Ten Books:
Paradise Lost 1667, Eds. John Shawcross and Michael
Lieb. Duquesne UP, 2007, 183-212. |
2007 |
“From Last Things to First: The Apophatic Vision of Paradise Regained”
Forthcoming in Milton and the Visionary Mode: Essays on
Prophecy and Violence. Eds. Peter E. Medine and David V. Urban. Duquesne UP. |
2010 |
“Milton’s Last
and Highest Parting: Leaving God for God in Paradise
Regained”
Forthcoming in The New Milton Criticism. Eds. Peter
C. Herman and Elizabeth Sauer. Cambridge UP. |
2011 |
“Teaching
Milton’s God”
Forthcoming in Approaches to Teaching Paradise Lost.
2nd ed. Ed. Peter C. Herman. MLA Press. |
2011 |
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JOURNAL Articles |
"A Poem to the
Unknown God: Samson Agonistes and Negative Theology."
Milton Quarterly, March 2008,
vol. 42, No. 1,
2008, 22-43. |
2008 |
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“'His Tyranny Who Reigns': The Biblical
Roots of Divine Kingship and Milton's Rejection of Heav'n's
King”
Milton Studies
43, pp. 111-144, (2004). |
2004 |
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“Dismemberment
and Community: Sacrifice and the Communal Body in the Hebrew
Scriptures”
Religion and Literature
35.1
(Spring 2003), pp. 1-21. |
2003 |
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“'That be far from thee': Divine Evil and
Milton's Attempt to 'Justify the ways of God to men'”
Milton Quarterly, May
2002, vol. 36, no. 2, pp. 87-105. |
2002 |
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“The Horror is Us: Western Religious
Memory and the Colonialist God in Heart of Darkness”
Henry Street (9.1), Spring
2000, pp. 20-39. |
2000 |
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Encyclopedia
Articles |
“Thomas
Shadwell”
The Age of Milton: An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-Century
British and American Authors.
Ed. Alan Hager.
Greenwood Press, 2004. |
2004 |
| Reviews |
Review of Victoria Silver, Imperfect Sense: The
Predicament of Milton's Irony and David Loewenstein,
Representing Revolution in Milton and his
Contemporaries
Religion and
Literature
37.3 (Autumn 2005) 127-36. |
2005 |
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Websites |
John
Milton: Background, Summary, and Analysis
Site dedicated to Milton’s prose works in their historical
contexts. |
2000 |
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Selected Presentations |
“From Last Things to First: The Apophatic Vision of
Paradise Regained”
Modern Language Association |
2006 |
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"The Libertine Samson: Samson Agonistes and the
Rakes of Restoration Drama"
Renaissance Society of America |
2006 |
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“Samson Agonistes And The 'Intimate Impulse': Negative
Theology in Milton”
Modern Language Association |
2005 |
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“Embarassed
Into Silence: Samson Agonistes as Milton's Negative Theology”
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association |
2005 |
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“The
Satanic Samson”
Eighth International Milton Symposium |
2005 |
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“The Negation
of God: Samson Agonistes and Negative Theology”
Newberry Library Milton Seminar |
2005 |
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“Samson Agonistes and Negative Theology”
Midwest Conference on Christianity and Literature, Notre
Dame |
2004 |
Panel: “Crossing
Through Theory: The New Milton Criticism”
American Comparative Literature Association |
2003 |
“'Though ye rebel': The Motivation for Satan’s Rebellion in
Paradise Lost”
Seventh Annual International Milton Symposium |
2002 |
“To Prove that God is not the
Devil”: Kingship and Milton’s Struggle to Re-Imagine God
Yale Divinity School Religion and Literature Symposium
Series |
2002 |
“'That be far from thee': Divine Evil and
Milton's Attempt to 'Justify the ways of God to men'”
Renaissance Conference of Southern California |
2001 |
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“'His Tyranny Who Reigns': The Biblical
Roots of Divine Kingship and Milton's Rejection of “Heav'n's
King”
Modern Language Association |
2000 |
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“The Tyranny
of Heav'n: Milton, Magistrates and the Rhetoric of Satan's
Protestantism in Paradise Lost”
Renaissance Society of America |
1999 |
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“Western
Religious Memory and the Colonialist God in Heart of
Darkness”
Northern Illinois University Conference on Language and
Literature |
1998 |
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teaching |
Assistant Professor of English 2004-
California State University, Northridge
Designed, taught, and
evaluated
such courses as Milton, Donne and Herbert, Research
Methods and Bibliography, Milton's
Gods, Restoration Drama, Shakespeare, Shakespeare and Machiavelli,
17th Century
Literature,
Writing About Literature,
and
Composition |
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Visiting Assistant Professor of English
2003-2004
DePaul University
Designed, taught, and
evaluated
such courses as Introducing Shakespeare, Bible as
Literature, and Composition |
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Visiting Assistant Professor of English
2001-2003
Northwestern University
Designed, taught, and evaluated courses in the
departments of English and Religion, including the upper
division courses Topics in Religion, Studies in 17th Century
Literature, Topics in Shakespeare, and Studies in Theory
and Criticism, as well as a Freshman Seminar entitled
Heroes and
Antiheroes, and an Introduction to Reading and Interpretation course. |
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Professional
Memberships |
Milton Society of America
Modern Language Association
Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association
Renaissance Society of America |
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Awards |
Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2000-2001
Northwestern University
Graduate Fellowship, 1996-2000
Northwestern University
Graduate Teaching Assistantship, 1994-1996
Truman State University
President's Honorary Scholarship, 1992-1994
Truman State University |
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