Bernard Rosenthal (scholar)
Encyclopedia
Bernard Rosenthal is an American scholar and historian, professor emeritus of English at Binghamton University
, specializing in the history of the Salem witchcraft trials and the writings of Herman Melville
. Rosenthal received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1968, and was a Fulbright
lecturer at Tampere University in Finland
in 1996-97.
Binghamton University
Binghamton University, also formally called State University of New York at Binghamton, , is a public research university in the State of New York. The University is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York system...
, specializing in the history of the Salem witchcraft trials and the writings of Herman Melville
Herman Melville
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd....
. Rosenthal received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1968, and was a Fulbright
Fulbright Program
The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
lecturer at Tampere University in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
in 1996-97.
Major Works
- Salem Story: Reading the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 (1993, Cambridge University Press)
- Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt, ed. (2009, Cambridge University Press)