overview
I have specialties in the literature and language of both the Old and Middle English periods. My research program centers on the concept and uses of tradition.
education and training
- Ph.D. in English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States) 2003
- M.A. in English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States) 1996
- B.A. in University Scholar, Baylor University - (Waco, Texas, United States) 1994
selected publications
Academic Articles15
- Mize, B. A. (2015). Review of Lenz, Karmen. Ræd and Frofer: Christian Poetics in the Old English "Froferboc" Meters. Costerus New Series. Medieval Review.
- Mize, B. A. (2015). Review of Michael D. C. Drout, Tradition and Influence in Anglo-Saxon Literature: A n Evolutionary, Cognitivist Approach. Medium Aevum. 84(1), 147-148.
- Mize, B. (2014). David Matthews, ed., In Strange Countries: Middle English Literature and Its Afterlife. Essays in Memory of J. J. Anderson . (Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture.) Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2011. Pp. xii, 170; 4 black-and-white figures. $80. ISBN: 978-0-7190-8450-8.. Speculum. 89(3), 801-802.
- Mize, B. A. (2012). English Studies Volume Contents and Author Index, Volume 93, Nos 1–8, 2012. English Studies. 93(8), 999-1004.
Books2
- Mize, B. (2012). Traditional subjectivities: The old English poetics of mentality. University of Toronto Press.
recent teaching activities
chaired theses and dissertations
- Davis, Matthew Evan (2013-12). The Apostelesse's Social Network: The Meaning of Mary Magdalene in Fifteenth-Century East Anglia. (Doctoral Dissertation)
- Peterson, Noah (2011-05). An Examination of the Family in "The Tale of Sir Gareth". (Master's Thesis)
Email
bmize@tamu.edu
First Name
Britt
Last Name
Mize
mailing address
Texas A&M University; English; 4227 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4227
USA