Robert W. Barrett Jr.
Associate Head, Associate Professor of English and Medieval Studies
Contact Information
- Address: 347 English
- Telephone: 217-333-1715
- Email: rwb@illinois.edu
Office Hours
- T 11-12, Th 3:30-4:30
Education
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 2001; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1996; B.A., Trinity University, 1991
Teaching Interests
At the undergraduate level: Arthuriana, British literary history, Chaucer, early English drama, fantasy fiction, and medieval literature; at the graduate level: Chaucer, early English drama, and medieval literature
Courses
ENGL 119: The Literature of Fantasy (Spring 2008), ENGL 202: Medieval Literature and Culture (Spring 2007), ENGL 209: British Literature to 1798 (Spring 2009), ENGL 411: Chaucer (Fall 2009), ENGL 514: Seminar in Medieval Literature (Fall 2007)
Research Interests
Medieval British literature (esp. Middle English literature); early English drama (up to 1642); festivity and liturgy (esp. Pentecost); region and locality (esp. Cheshire and Chester)
Publications
Books
- Against All England: Regional Identity and Cheshire Writing, 1195-1656. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2009.
Book Contributions
- "The Absent Triumphator in the 1610 Chester's Triumph in Honor of Her Prince." Spectacle and Public Performance in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Ed. Robert E. Stillman. Leiden: Brill, 2006. 183-210.
Journal Articles
- "Royal Freight: City-Crown Negotiations in Anthony Munday’s 1610 London’s Love to the Royal Prince Henry." Research Opportunities in Medieval and Renaissance Drama 47 (2008): 1-24.
Works in Progress
- An edition of the Chester Whitsun plays for the TEAMS Middle English Texts Series
- Articles on the Chester Fishmongers' Play (Pentecost) and the Chester Painters' Play (Shepherds).
