Peter Dendle
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Peter Dendle is an Associate Professor of English at Penn State Mont Alto
, teaching classes on Old and Middle English (language and literature), folklore
, 20th and 21st century representations of the Middle Ages, and the monstrous (in film, folklore, and society). Dendle has written books and articles on a number of topics, including cryptozoology
, philology
, the demonic in literature, zombie movies, and Medieval plants and medicine. His work on zombies reached perhaps its largest popular audience through his commentary on NPR.http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2004/03/19/07
His education includes a B.A. in English and Philosophy (1990) and an M.A. in Philosophy (1993), both from the University of Kentucky
, as well as an M.A. in English from Yale
(1991) and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Toronto
(1998).
In 2007, National Geographic featured some of the research results from Dendle's forthcoming monograph called The Devil in Anglo-Saxon England (Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University).http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070726-devil-england.html Other recent works include peer-reviewed articles on medieval charms, demon possession, and a translation and analysis of The Old English Life of Malchus and Two Vernacular Tales from the Vitas Patrum in MS Cotton Otho C.i: which appeared in English Studies, 2010.
He is also the co-editor of three collections of academic essays, one having appeared in 2008 (Boydell). His two forthcoming essay collections look at other ideas of the preternatural as well. The first essay collection, forthcoming through Ashgate Press, is co-edited with Asa Mittman (California State University, Chico) and looks at the construction of the monstrous. The second collection, forthcoming through Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at the University of Toronto, is co-edited with Richard Raiswell (University of Prince Edward Island), and looks at the construction of the Devil.
Penn State Mont Alto
Penn State Mont Alto is a Pennsylvania State University Commonwealth Campus. It is located in Mont Alto, PA, in south central Pennsylvania, between Chambersburg and Gettysburg...
, teaching classes on Old and Middle English (language and literature), folklore
Folklore
Folklore consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group. It is also the set of practices through which those expressive genres are shared. The study of folklore is sometimes called...
, 20th and 21st century representations of the Middle Ages, and the monstrous (in film, folklore, and society). Dendle has written books and articles on a number of topics, including cryptozoology
Cryptozoology
Cryptozoology refers to the search for animals whose existence has not been proven...
, philology
Philology
Philology is the study of language in written historical sources; it is a combination of literary studies, history and linguistics.Classical philology is the philology of Greek and Classical Latin...
, the demonic in literature, zombie movies, and Medieval plants and medicine. His work on zombies reached perhaps its largest popular audience through his commentary on NPR.http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2004/03/19/07
His education includes a B.A. in English and Philosophy (1990) and an M.A. in Philosophy (1993), both from the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky, also known as UK, is a public co-educational university and is one of the state's two land-grant universities, located in Lexington, Kentucky...
, as well as an M.A. in English from Yale
YALE
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(1991) and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
(1998).
In 2007, National Geographic featured some of the research results from Dendle's forthcoming monograph called The Devil in Anglo-Saxon England (Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University).http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/07/070726-devil-england.html Other recent works include peer-reviewed articles on medieval charms, demon possession, and a translation and analysis of The Old English Life of Malchus and Two Vernacular Tales from the Vitas Patrum in MS Cotton Otho C.i: which appeared in English Studies, 2010.
He is also the co-editor of three collections of academic essays, one having appeared in 2008 (Boydell). His two forthcoming essay collections look at other ideas of the preternatural as well. The first essay collection, forthcoming through Ashgate Press, is co-edited with Asa Mittman (California State University, Chico) and looks at the construction of the monstrous. The second collection, forthcoming through Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at the University of Toronto, is co-edited with Richard Raiswell (University of Prince Edward Island), and looks at the construction of the Devil.
Selected publications
- Peter Dendle & Alain TouwaideAlain TouwaideAlain Touwaide is a Belgian historian of medicine and sciences currently researching at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C....
(eds.).