Department of English

William Flesch

Professor of English
PhD, Cornell University
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Research Interests

Renaissance, Theory, Philosophy, Contemporary Poetry, 20th-Century Comparative Literature, Henry James, Freudian Psychoanalysis, Film.

Selected Publications

• "The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry: 19th Century." Facts on File, 2009.

• "Comeuppance." Harvard University Press, 2008.

• "Generosity and the Limits of Authority: Shakespeare, Herbert, Milton." Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992.

• Articles in Critical Inquiry, Studies in Romanticism, and ELH.

Selected Courses Taught

• Introduction to Literary Method (ENG 11a)

• Shakespeare (ENG 33a)

• Introduction to the Moving Image (FILM 100a)

• Victorian Poetry (ENG 165b)

• Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (PHIL 182a) co-teach