William Orth

Introduction

I am an instructor in the Department of English at Miami University. I primarily teach first-year courses, with a focus on ESL courses. My interests range from medieval literature to 21st century composition and rhetoric.

Research Interests

• Performance Studies
• Composition
• Literature
• Poetry

Courses Taught

• ENG 104
• ENG 105
• ENG 108
• ENG 109
• ENG 111
• ENG 121

Education

• M.A. Literature, Miami University (2008)

Publications

• “The Problem of the Performative in Chaucer's Prioress Sequence.” The Chaucer Review, vol. 42, no. 2, 2007, pp. 196–210. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25094394.
• Orth, William. "Mass and Meaning in The Anathemata." The David Jones Journal. Vol. V, Nos 1 & 2. pp. 71-81.

Work in Progress

Current work includes linguistic analysis of Havelock the Dane and Amis and Amiloun.