English Department lecture on "How the Bible Became Literature"

[easton at uwaterloo.ca]

Dear Colleagues--

You are invited to a free lecture by Gordon Campbell on "How the Bible  
Became Literature."  Dr. Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Studies  
at the University of Leicester and a noted Miltonist.  His talk is  
Thurs. Sept. 16th at 4:30 pm in Hagey Hall 232, and all are welcome.

Dr. Campbell, who received his BA in English from the University of  
Waterloo, has published widely on Milton (most recently a co-authored  
biography, OUP, 2008) and on the cultural history of the Renaissance  
(notably the single-authored Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance). He  
has edited three Grove encyclopaedias for OUP (Decorative Art, 2 vols;  
Classical Art and Architecture, 2 vols; Northern Renaissance, 3 vols),  
and worked for decades as a journal editor for OUP (Renaissance  
Studies and Review of English Studies). Honours include a higher  
doctorate from York, an honorary doctorate from Bucharest and  
fellowships of the Royal Historical Society, the Royal Asiatic  
Society, the Royal Geographical Society and the Society of Antiquaries.

Sincerely,

Fraser

Dr. Fraser Easton
Associate Professor and Chair
Department of English Language and Literature
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ont. N2L 3G1
Canada

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