William E. Bolton
Education
B.A., University of Oregon 2004
Ph.D., Arizona State University 2012
Research Interests
Old and Middle English Literature and Philology, Hagiography, English Legal History, Cynewulf, Ælfric, the South English Legendary, Late Medieval Mysticism, and Old Norse Language and Literature
Grants & Awards
2011–2012 Katharine C. Turner Dissertation Fellowship
2011–2012 Endowed ASU Graduate College Fellowship
2009–2010 Portnoff Fellow in Comparative Literature
Publications
PRINT:
(With Richard G. Newhauser). “A Hybrid Life of John the Baptist: The Middle English Text of MS Harley 2250.” Anglia: Zeitschrift für englische Philologie 130 (2012): 218–39.
“Anglo-Saxons in Faerie Land?: A Note on Some Unlikely Characters in Spenser’s Britain monuments.” Spenser Studies 23 (2008): 293–300.
IN PROGRESS:
“Crime and Punishment in Ælfric of Eynsham’s Lives of Saint Swithun and Saint Edmund,” under review at Viator.
"The South English Legendary Life of Saint Fremund: The Unique Text of BL MS Stowe 949."
Presentations
“Crime and Punishment in Ælfric’s Life of Saint Swithun.” 15 May 2011. International Society of Anglo-Saxonists sponsored session: “New Voices in Anglo-Saxon Studies.” 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, MI.
“Margery Kempe’s Vision, Conversion, and Early Life.” 12 February 2010. 16th Annual Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference. Tempe, AZ.
“British Holy Women and the Dominicans.” 14 February 2009. 15th Annual Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference. Tempe, AZ.
“Anglo-Saxon Laws: Sources and Society.” 15 February 2008. 14th Annual Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference. Tempe, AZ.
“Margery Kempe: In Search of the Scribe.” 17 February 2007. 13th Annual Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference. Tempe, AZ.
