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Prior to moving to Hopkins in 2017, Cannon was Chair of English at [[New York University]] for 5 years. He previously 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]]. He is general co-editor of ''Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture - Oxford University Press|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/o/oxford-studies-in-medieval-literature-and-culture-osmlc/?cc=us&lang=en&|access-date=2020-08-08|website=global.oup.com|language=en}}</ref> |
Prior to moving to Hopkins in 2017, Cannon was Chair of English at [[New York University]] for 5 years. He previously 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]]. He is general co-editor of ''Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture - Oxford University Press|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/content/series/o/oxford-studies-in-medieval-literature-and-culture-osmlc/?cc=us&lang=en&|access-date=2020-08-08|website=global.oup.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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* ''From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400'' Oxford University Press, 2016 {{ISBN|9780191824562}} Review:<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Minnis|first=Alastair|date=2019|title=Christopher Cannon, From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400|url=https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/review/item/49.1.9/|journal=Spenser Review|language=en|volume=49|issue=1}}</ref> |
* ''From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400'' Oxford University Press, 2016 {{ISBN|9780191824562}} Review:<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Minnis|first=Alastair|date=2019|title=Christopher Cannon, From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400|url=https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/review/item/49.1.9/|journal=Spenser Review|language=en|volume=49|issue=1}}</ref> |
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* ''The Grounds of English Literature'' Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 {{ISBN|9781429422024}} Review:<ref>{{cite journal |
* ''The Grounds of English Literature'' Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 {{ISBN|9781429422024}} Review:<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lawton|first=David|year=2006|title=Review of ''The Grounds of English Literature'' by Christopher Cannon|journal=[[Speculum (journal)|Speculum]]|volume=81|issue=3|pages=820-821}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Gillespie|first=Vincent|year=2007|title=Review of ''The Grounds of English Literature by Christopher Cannon|journal=[[The Modern Language Review]]|volume=102|issue=1|pages=197-198}}</ref> |
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* ''The Making of Chaucer's English: A Study of Words.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, |
* ''The Making of Chaucer's English: A Study of Words.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.jhu.edu/1999/03/13/the-making-of-chaucers-english-a-study-of-words/|title=The Making of Chaucer’s English: A Study of Words|website=English}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:10, 29 August 2020
Christopher Cannon is a mediaevalist at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of English[1] and Classics,[2] Chair of Classics, and from 2020, Vice Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.[3] He is a specialist on the works of Geoffrey Chaucer.
Education
He was educated at Harvard University (AB, AM, PhD). He received his doctorate in 1993 for a thesis "The making of Chaucer's English: a study in the formation of a literary language".[4]
Career
Prior to moving to Hopkins in 2017, Cannon was Chair of English at New York University for 5 years. He previously taught at the University of Oxford, UCLA, and University of Cambridge where he was a Fellow of Girton College. He is general co-editor of Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture.[5]
Works
Monographs
- From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400 Oxford University Press, 2016 ISBN 9780191824562 Review:[6]
- Middle English Literature: a cultural history Polity, 2008 ISBN 9780745673585.[7]
- The Grounds of English Literature Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004 ISBN 9781429422024 Review:[8][9]
- The Making of Chaucer's English: A Study of Words. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998.[10]
Edited works
- Mann, Jill, Christopher Cannon, and Maura Nolan. Medieval Latin and Middle English Literature: Essays in Honour of Jill Mann. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. ISBN 9781846159268
Editions
Cannon 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,[11] whose goal is to produce an edition of Chaucer's work "most authentically Chaucerian".[12]
Prizes
- William Riley Parker Prize at MLA (2014)
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship (2002-3)
- The Van Courtlandt Ellicott Prize, Medieval Academy of America (1995)
References
- ^ "Christopher Cannon". English.
- ^ "Christopher Cannon". Classics.
- ^ "Christopher Cannon". Krieger School of Arts & Sciences.
- ^ Worldcat item record [1]
- ^ "Oxford Studies in Medieval Literature and Culture - Oxford University Press". global.oup.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Minnis, Alastair (2019). "Christopher Cannon, From Literacy to Literature: England, 1300-1400". Spenser Review. 49 (1).
- ^ "Middle English Literature: A Cultural History". English.
- ^ Lawton, David (2006). "Review of The Grounds of English Literature by Christopher Cannon". Speculum. 81 (3): 820–821.
- ^ Gillespie, Vincent (2007). "Review of The Grounds of English Literature by Christopher Cannon". The Modern Language Review. 102 (1): 197–198.
- ^ "The Making of Chaucer's English: A Study of Words". English.
- ^ Evans, Ruth (October 1, 2017). "An Interim Report on the Standard Edition(s) of The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer". New Chaucer Society. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ Cannon, Christopher (February 9, 2015). "Some of Chaucer is missing". Oxford University Press. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
