Professional profile
Edward Risden, Professor of English, has taught at SNC since 1990. He regularly teaches courses in early British literature plus Classical Myth, Dante, introductory linguistics, and the literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance generally. Recent seminar titles include Authoring Arthur, Tolkien's World, and Literary Humor.
In addition to numerous articles, reviews, and creative pieces, he has published nine books, including literary criticism, translation, novels, poetry and a textbook. Current research projects include completing volumes on Anglo-Saxon humor and on epiphanies in English epic poems as well as ongoing studies of the relationship between J.R.R. Tolkien's scholarship and his fiction and also the intellectual transitions between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. |
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Edward L. Risden
Professor of English
Location: Boyle Hall
Room: 330
Phone: (920) 403-3938
Fax: (920) 403-4086
Mailing address:
St. Norbert College
Boyle Hall, 330
De Pere, WI 54115-2099
edward.risden@snc.edu
Academic credentials:
Ph.D., Purdue University |
