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Christopher Cannon is a mediaevalist at [https://www.jhu.edu/ Johns Hopkins University]. He is currently [ |
Christopher Cannon is a mediaevalist at [https://www.jhu.edu/ Johns Hopkins University]. He is currently [[Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships|Bloomberg Distinguished Professor]] of [https://english.jhu.edu/directory/chris-cannon/ English] and [https://classics.jhu.edu/directory/christopher-cannon/ Classics], Chair of Classics, and [https://krieger.jhu.edu/directory/christopher-cannon/ Vice Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences]. He is a leading authority of the works of [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]. |
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== Education == |
== Education == |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Prior to moving to Hopkins in 2017 was Chair of English at [[New York University]] for 5 years. He has taught at the [[University of Oxford]], [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], and [[University of Cambridge]] where he was a Fellow of [[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton College]]. |
Prior to moving to Hopkins in 2017, Cannon was Chair of English at [[New York University]] for 5 years. He has taught at the [[University of Oxford]], [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], and [[University of Cambridge]] where he was a Fellow of [[Girton College, Cambridge|Girton College]]. |
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== Works == |
== Works == |
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[https://english.jhu.edu/directory/chris-cannon/ His works include]: |
[https://english.jhu.edu/directory/chris-cannon/ His works include]: |
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=== Monographs === |
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From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400 |
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[https://classics.jhu.edu/2016/06/30/from-literacy-to-literature-england-1300-1400/ From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400] |
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The Grounds of English Literature |
The Grounds of English Literature |
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The Making of Chaucer’s English: A Study of Words |
The Making of Chaucer’s English: A Study of Words |
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=== Editions === |
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He is currently co-editing with Harvard's [[James Simpson (academic)|James Simpson]] a revision of the 19th-century edition of all of Chaucer's works by [[Walter William Skeat|W.W. Skeat]]. |
He is currently co-editing with Harvard's [[James Simpson (academic)|James Simpson]] a revision of the 19th-century edition of all of Chaucer's works by [[Walter William Skeat|W.W. Skeat]]. |
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Revision as of 19:13, 5 August 2020
Christopher Cannon is a mediaevalist at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English and Classics, Chair of Classics, and Vice Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is a leading authority of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Education
He was educated at Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD).
Career
Prior to moving to Hopkins in 2017, Cannon was Chair of English at New York University for 5 years. He has taught at the University of Oxford, UCLA, and University of Cambridge where he was a Fellow of Girton College.
Works
Monographs
From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400
The Grounds of English Literature
Middle English Literature: A Cultural History
The Making of Chaucer’s English: A Study of Words
Editions
He is currently co-editing with Harvard's James Simpson a revision of the 19th-century edition of all of Chaucer's works by W.W. Skeat.
Prizes
William Riley Parker Prize at MLA (2014)
He has held a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship