overview
My interests include textual editing, the devotional poetry of the seventeenth century, Renaissance Hermeticism, utopianism, and the history of science in the seventeenth century.
education and training
- Ph.D. in English, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 1981
- M.A. in English, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 1976
- B.A. in English, University of Connecticut - (Storrs, Connecticut, United States) 1973
selected publications
Academic Articles24
- Dickson, D. R (2020). Henry Vaughan's Knowledge (and Use) of Greek. Studies in Philology. 117(1), 201-224.
- Dickson, D. R (2014). Vaughan’s “The Water-fall” and Protestant Meditation. Explorations in Renaissance Culture. 40(1-2), 41-52.
- Dickson, D. R (2013). The Text of Donne’s Good Friday Meditation. John Donne Journal: studies in the age of Donne. 32, 87-106.
- Dickson, D. R (2007). Henry Vaughan as Country Doctor. Explorations in Renaissance Culture. 33(2), 171-195.
Books8
- Dickson, D. R., & Nelson, H. F (2004). Of Paradise and Light Essays on Henry Vaughan and John Milton in Honor of Alan Rudrum. University of Delaware Press.
- Vaughan, T., Vaughan, R., Dickson, D. R., & Library, B (2001). Thomas and Rebecca Vaughan's Aqua Vitae, Non Vitis (British Library MS, Sloane 1741). Mrts.
- Dickson, D. R (1998). The Tessera of Antilia_ Utopian Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in the Early Seventeenth Century. BRILL.
Chapters3
- Dickson, D. R (2012). Research tools and their pitfalls for Donne studies. The Oxford Handbook of John Donne.
- Dickson, D. R (2004). The Mount of Olives: Vaughan’s Book of Private Prayer. Dickson, D. R., & Nelson, H. F. (Eds.), Of Paradise and Light Essays on Henry Vaughan and John Milton in Honor of Alan Rudrum. 202-217. University of Delaware Press.
- Dickson, D. R (2004). Utopia. Dewald, J. (Eds.), Europe 1450 to 1789 encyclopedia of the early modern world. 105-106. Scribner.
editor of
Books1
recent teaching activities
- ENGL212 Shakespeare Instructor
- ENGL221 World Literature Instructor
- ENGL315 17th Century Literature Instructor
- ENGL318 Utopian Lit Engl Tradition Instructor
- ENGL412 Studies In Shakespeare Instructor
Email
d-dickson@tamu.edu
First Name
Donald
Last Name
Dickson
mailing address
Texas A&M University; English; 4227 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4227
USA