Matthew Stallard
Education
Ph.D. English: Renaissance Literature, 51ĀŅĀ×
M.A. English: Literary History, 51ĀŅĀ×
A.B. English summa cum laude, 51ĀŅĀ×
Scholarly Focus
- English Renaissance
- Protestant Reformation
- History of the English Language
- English Bible
- John Milton
- William Shakespeare
Publications
John Milton, Paradise Lost: The Biblically Annotated Edition. Macon: Mercer UP, 2011. 600 pages. ISBN: 978-0881462364
John Milton, Paradise Regained and the Minor Poems: The Biblically Annotated Edition. Forthcoming.
Reading Scripture in Seventeenth-Century England: The Religious Beliefs of John Milton. In progress.
Review of Kevin Killeenās Biblical Scholarship, Science and Politics in Early Modern England: Thomas Browne and the Thorny Place of Knowledge, Restoration: Studies in English Literary Culture, 1660-1700 35.1 (2011): 61-63.
Review of Timothy Hodorās The Crowd of Time, Quarter After Eight, Vol. 9, 2003.
Positions
51ĀŅĀ× Associate Professor of English, 2016-present
51ĀŅĀ× Assistant Professor of English, 2010-15
51ĀŅĀ× First Year Council Committee, 2014-18
51ĀŅĀ× Department of English Graduate Placement Committee, 2014-present
51ĀŅĀ× Department of English Composition Committee, 2013-14
51ĀŅĀ× Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2008-10
College of Arts and Sciences Scholars Program Faculty, 2008-12
Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference Advisory Board, 2008-09
John F. Cady Doctoral University Fellowship, 2007-08
English Collection Library Acquisitions Assistant, 2004-06
Assistant Editor, Milton Quarterly, 2003-04
AWA Fiction Book of the Year Selection Committee, 2003
Book Review Editor, Quarter After Eight, 2003
Selected Conference Presentations
āEchoing Ethos: Paradise Lost and 1611 Authorized Version of the Bible,ā The Bible in the Seventeenth Century: The Authorised Version Quatercentenary (1611-2011); Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies University of York, United Kingdom, July 2011
āThe Elephant in the Room: Miltonās Negotiation of Trinitarian Christology in Paradise Lost and the 1611 King James Bible,ā The King James Bible and Its Cultural Afterlife: The Bible and Early Modern Radicals (Milton, Bunyon, and Others); Ohio State University, May 2011
āThe Holy Spirit in Paradise Lost Books XI and XII,ā 2009 Conference on John Milton; Middle Tennesee State University, October 2009
āāThe Blast of War Blows in Our Earsā: Henry V and the Rhetoric of the Just War Tradition,ā The Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference; 51ĀŅĀ×, October 2009
āParadise Lost and the 1560 Geneva Bible: The Necessity of Negotiating Miltonās Scriptural Contexts,ā Medieval-Renaissance Conference XXIII; The University of Virginiaās College at Wise, September 2009
āāSpeaking a word in seasonā: The Rise of Protestant Print Culture, the Decline of Rhetoric, and the Emergence of Plain Style,ā Invited Talk; The Chesnutt Reading Series in Honor of Dean McWilliams, 51ĀŅĀ×, May 2008
āThe Bower of Tranquility: The Role of Violence in Romeo and Juliet,ā Violently Shakespeare: The 2006 Ohio Shakespeare Conference; Marietta College, November 2006
āGuglielma and the Guglielmites: Heresy and Gender in the Thirteenth Century,ā Medievalism and the Marvelous:The 21st International Conference on Medievalism; The Ohio State University, October 2006
āLanglandās Natural Theology: Trinitarian Discourse in Piers Plowman,ā Medieval-Renaissance Conference XX; The University of Virginiaās College at Wise, September 2006
āāThe Shape of Natureā: Shakespeareās Natural Theology in Twelfth Night,ā Icons and Iconoclasts: The Long Seventeenth Century; Centre for Early Modern Studies at University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, July 2006
āāIn the straits of timeā: Shaping Character in 1Henry IV,ā Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters; Oakland University, March 2006
āāThou canst not touch the freedom of my mindā: Rhetorical Seduction in Comus,ā 2005 Conference on John Milton; Middle Tennesee State University, October 2005
āWhat Time of Day Is It Lad?: Time as Character in Shakespeareās 1HenryIVā West Virginia Shakespeare and Renaissance Association Conference; Bethany College, May 2005
āSaint Peterās Anglo-Saxon: The Reformation Voice in Miltonās Lycidas,ā The International Milton Congress: Milton in Context; Duquesne University, March 2004
āThe āTwo-Handed Engineā of Lycidas as Christās Second Advent,ā 2003 Conference on John Milton; Middle Tennesee State University, October 2003
āMiltonic Resonance in John Foxās The Trail of the Lonesome Pine: Appalachia Lost,ā Annual Conference of the Appalachian Writerās Association (AWA); Cumberland College, July 2003
āāAppalachian-Americanā as Transnational Identity,ā Annual Convention of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association; Atlanta, 2003
Professional Associations
The Milton Society of America
The William Tyndale Society
Modern Language Association of America
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
National Council of Teachers of English
Appalachian Writers Association
Michigan Academy of Arts and Letters
Courses Taught
- ENG 1510: Writing and Rhetoric I
- ENG 151: RLC "Examining America"
- ENG 152: Writing and Reading
- ENG 200: Introduction to Literature
- ENG 201: Critical Approaches to Fiction
- ENG 2020: Critical Analysis of Poetry and Drama
- ENG 250: Textual Analysis
- ENG 251: English Literature to 1688 (second instructor)
- ENG 254: Research and Writing in English Studies
- ENG 3010: Shakespeare
- ENG 302: Shakespeare's Comedies
- ENG 303: Shakespeare's Tragedies
- ENG 304: The English Bible
- ENG 305J: Technical Writing
- ENG 3060J: Women and Writing: The Disney Princess
- ENG 3070J: Writing and Research in English Studies; Shakespeare's Kings
- ENG 3080J: Writing and Rhetoric II; War and the Human Response
- ENG 3080J: Writing and Rhetoric II; Ancient Rhetoric for Modern Students
- ENG 3080J: Writing and Rhetoric II; Vikings! The Fury of the Northmen
- ENG 3080J: Writing and Rhetoric II; The Wonderful World of Disney
- ENG 3120: English Literature, 1500 to 1660
- ENG 311: Medieval English Literature: Religious Dissent
- ENG 312: Renaissance English Literature: The World of the Sonnet
- ENG 312: Renaissance English Literature: The Prose and Poetry of John Milton
- ENG 3510: History of the English Language
- ENG 384J: Writing in the Professions
- CAS 112: Scholars; Medieval and Renaissance Worlds
- HUM 107: Great Books; Ancient World
- HUM 109: Great Books; Modern World
- HUM 307: Great Books; Ancient World
- HUM 2070: Great Books; Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance
- HUM 2080: Great Books; 17th Century through Modern