Boenig, Robert
individual record
Professor
Positions:
- Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences
overview
I specialize in Old English, Chaucer, the medieval mystics, William Morris, J. R. R. Tolkien, and C. S. Lewis.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Medieval English Literature, Rutgers University - (New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States) 1978
- M.Div. in Biblical Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States) 1973
- B.A. in English, Rutgers University - (New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States) 1970
selected publications
Academic Articles12
- Timmons, P., & Boenig, R. (2007). The Miracles of the Virgin and Medieval Spin: Gonzalo de Berceo and his Latin Sources. Journal of Medieval Latin. 17, 226-237.
- Boenig, R. (2000). Chaucer and St Kenelm ('Nun's Priest's Tale'). Neophilologus: An International Journal of Modern and Mediaeval Language and Literature. 84(1), 157-164.
Books12
- Timmons, P., & Boenig, R. (2012). Gonzalo de Berceo and the Latin Miracles of the virgin: A translation and a study.
- Black, J., Conolly, L., Flint, K., Grundy, I., LePan, D., Liuzza, R., ... Waters, C (2009). The Broadview Anthology of British Literature: Volume 1: The Medieval Period - Second Edition Volume 1: The Medieval Period. Broadview Press.
- Boenig, R., & Davis, K (2000). Manuscript, Narrative, Lexicon Essays on Literary and Cultural Transmission in Honor of Whitney F. Bolton. Bucknell University Press.
Chapters2
- Boenig, R. E. (2015). The Apocalypse in Medieval England. Ryan, M. A. (Eds.), A Companion to the Premodern Apocalypse. Brill Academic Publishers.
- Boenig, R. E. (2014). Lloyd Alexanders Chronicles of Prydain: Imaging the American Child through a British Lens. Nelson, C., & Morris, R. (Eds.), Representing Children in Chinese and U.S. Children's Literature. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..
editor of
Books3
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- ENGL202 Environmental Literature Instructor
- ENGL203 Hnr-writing About Literature Instructor
- ENGL203 Writing About Literature Instructor
- ENGL231 Survey Of English Lit I Instructor
- ENGL330 Arthurian Literature Instructor
Email
First Name
Robert
Last Name
Boenig
mailing address
Texas A&M University; English; 4227 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4227
USA