J.R. HallJ.R. Hall
Professor of English

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Office: Somerville 313
Telephone: 662-915-7145
Office Hours (AY 2005-2006): MTW 2:30-4
E-mail: jrhall@olemiss.edu
Home page: http://home.olemiss.edu/~jrhall/

Education

  • Postdoctoral Study, Indiana University, Linguistics (1975, summer; 1977, summer)
  • Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, English (1973)
  • M.A., University of Notre Dame, English (1970)
  • B.A., St. John Fisher College, Economics (1968)

Teaching and Research interests

  • Middle English Language and Literature
  • Old English Language and Literature
  • History of Old English Studies

Selected publications

  • "Anglo-Saxon Studies in the Nineteenth Century: England, Denmark, America." A Companion to Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture. Ed. Phillip Pulsiano and Elaine Treharne. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001. 434-54.
  • " 'The Old English Epic of Redemption': Twenty-Five-Year Retrospective." The Poems of MS Junius 11: Basic Readings. Ed. Roy M. Liuzza. New York: Garland, 2002. 53-68.
  • "Carl T. Berkhout: An Appreciation." Old English Scholarship and Bibliography: Essays in Honor of Carl T. Berkhout. Ed. Johnathan Wilcox. Old English Newsletter Subsidia, 32. Kalamazoo: Western Michigan U, Medieval Institute, 2004. 5-15.
  • "Old English Exodus 390b: witgan larum." Notes and Queries 53 (2006): 17-21.
  • "Three Studies on the Manuscript Text of Beowulf: Lines 47b, 747b, and 2232a." Beatus Vir: Manuscript Studies in Honor of Phillip Pulsiano. Ed. A. N. Doane and Kirsten Wolf. Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 2006. 441-70.