Thomas R. Liszka

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Associate Professor of English
Division of Arts and Humanities
Department of English
Penn State Altoona
3000 Ivyside Park, Altoona PA 16601-3760

Office Telephone: (814) 949-5201
Office Fax: (814) 949-5368
Active email: TRL1@psu.edu
Relevant Webpage: http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/t/r/trl1/


SCHOLARLY INTERESTS:
Current area(s) of research:
The South English Legendary


Selected publications, recent and forthcoming:
"The Dragon in the South English Legendary: Judas, Pilate, and the 'A(1)' Redaction." Modern Philology, 100 (August 2002), 50-59.

Editor (with Lorna Walker). The North Sea World in the Middle Ages: Studies in the Cultural History of North-Western Europe. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001.

"The South English Legendaries" in The North Sea World in the Middle Ages: Studies in the Cultural History of North-Western Europe, ed. Thomas R. Liszka and Lorna E. M. Walker. Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001. 243-80.

"The Laud. Misc. 108 Manuscript and the Early History of the South English Legendary." Manuscripta, 33 (July 1989), 75-91.

"The First 'A' Redaction of the South English Legendary: Information from the 'Prologue'." Modern Philology, 82 (May 1985), 407-13.


WUN-IDENTIFIED RESEARCH COLLABORATION THEMES:
Multilingualism in the Middle Ages:

History of the Medieval Book:
Most of my work is based on manuscript studies of the South English Legendary.

Medieval Chronicle Studies:

Do you have any other ideas for themes that might be of broad academic interest to other medievalists?:
Hagiography


Ph.D.s UNDER SUPERVISION:
Penn State Altoona offers undergraduate degrees only.


STAFF EXCHANGES/ONLINE RESOURCE CREATION/VIDEOCONFERENCING:
Yes, I am interested in possiblly conducting a videoconferencing seminar or course.We have Pic-Tel capability.


MEDIEVAL COURSES TAUGHT:
At another institution:
Bibliography and Textual Studies
History of the English Language

At present:
Chaucer
Introduction to Medieval Civilization.


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