Guest Editors Announced
Published 02/03/2009
Several scholars will be lending their special expertise to upcoming Ignatius Critical Editions titles. The four literature professors were invited, based on their proven ability in the field, by series editor Joseph Pearce to take charge of specific titles. They are from educational institutions around the U.S., and from one in Canada, and their fields include American literature, Medieval English literature, the Metaphysical poets, and English satire.
American Literature: Mary Reichardt
Mary Reichardt has spent years studying Catholic and American literature and the role of women in literature, specifically as authors. Her publications include Catholic Women Writers, The Encyclopedia of Catholic Literature, and several books on Mary Wilkins Freeman. She will be editing The Scarlet Letter, Huckleberry Finn, and Uncle Tom's Cabin. You can read more about her on the Editors & Essayists page.
Medieval English Literature: David Williams
David Williams' long career as an academic has been spent balancing class time, research time, family time, and time for writing insightful books like his highly notable Deformed Discourse: The Function of the Monster in Mediaeval Thought and Literature. Holding the Kennedy-Smith Chair of Catholic Studies at McGill University in Montreal, and specializing in Old and Middle English literature, Williams is lined up to edit Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
Metaphysical Poets: Clinton Brand
Clinton Brand is Assistant Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas, Houston, where he teaches courses on Shakespeare, Milton, seventeenth-century poetry, and the classical literary tradition. He received his PhD in English Literature from Vanderbilt University. Dr. Brand was assistant professor at Southern Illinois University (1995 – 2001) and lecturer at the University of Notre Dame. He was a Richard M. Weaver Graduate Fellow (1993 – 1994) and received his BA from the University of Dallas, magna cum laude. He will be editing the Ignatius Critical Edition The Metaphysical Poets.
English Satire: Dutton Kearney
Gulliver's Travels is probably the best known book of satire by Jonathan Swift. Dutton Kearney is Professor of English at Aquinas College in Nashville.