Dennis Kezar
Associate Professor, English
English
Languages & Communication Bldg
255 S Central Campus Dr Rm 3500
Salt Lake City, Ut 84112
Office: 3616 LNCO
Office Hours: M, 5-6 PM and by appointment
Office Phone: (801) 585-3953
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>> Curriculum Vitae
Degrees:
1997 PhD English University of Virginia
1993 MA English University of Virginia
1990 BA Sewanee
I have spent most of my professional and personal life in the southeast, and enjoy the move -- intellectually and personally and geographically -- entailed by my arrival at Utah. I have most recently taught at Vanderbilt University (where I earned tenure) for 10 years, and previous to that experience I was a visiting professor at Sewanee; I have also briefly taught at Choate Rosemary Hall and at Phillips Andover. I did my graduate work at the University of Virginia. I have remained focused on the English Renaissance during all my moves, and intend to do so for the foreseeable future.
Selected Publications:
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(Book), 2009
Research Statement
My primary field on research interest is the English Renaissance. Secondary and involved fields of analysis include: ethics and literature, law and literature, the legacy of new historicism, and religion and literature. Practically speaking, these secondary interests are keyed to my abiding focus on the English Renaissance. Here, my primary interest is bipolar: Shakespeare and Milton.
Research Keywords, Regions of Interest and Languages:
Keywords:
Anthropology and Religion (2); Comparative Religion; Law and Literature (2); Meta-ethics; Milton; Shakespeare
Languages:
Italian (39); Latin (12)
Research Projects
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Current Courses
HONOR 4472-1 History of Elegy in Time and Culture
ENGL 5711-1 Shakespeare
Courses I Teach
ENGL 3600 Intr Critical Theory
ENGL 3701 Intro Lit Hist 1
ENGL 3702 Intro Lit Hist 2
ENGL 5600 Honors Sem Brit Stds
ENGL 5630 Adv Seminar in British Studies
ENGL 5710 Studies Renaissance Lit
ENGL 5711 Shakespeare
ENGL 5721 Introduction to Paradise Lost/ Graduate Course on Milton
HONOR 4472 History of Elegy in Time and Culture
Awards
2007
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