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