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Liberal Arts Building (LAB), 347
118 College Drive, Box #5037
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601.266.4320
Fax: 601.266.5757
Jameela Lares
Professor of English
Professor of English
Publications: Milton and the Preaching Arts (Duquesne University Press and James Clarke & Co. Ltd., 2001), articles in Milton Studies, Ben Jonson Journal, Cithara, Notes & Queries, Advances in the History of Rhetoric, Dictionary of Literary Biography, MLA Approaches, and numerous reviews.
Current and Forthcoming Projects: a book on 17th-century biblical style; extensive notes on Paradise Lost, books 11-12 for the Variorum Commentary of the Poems of John Milton; an edition and translation of Milton's Artis Logicae Plenior Institutio for the Clarendon Edition of the Complete Works of Milton (Oxford University Press); an edition and translation of a short Latin preaching manual; articles for the new Milton Encyclopedia; and an article on linguistic uncertainty in Winnie-the-Pooh.
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Expertise
English Renaissance and 17th-century literature (especially Milton) ● history of rhetoric (especially English reformed preaching) ● Bible and biblical style ● children's and young adult literature
Education
B.A. California State University, Fullerton
M.A. UCLA
Ph.D. University of Southern California