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Russell A. Peck Jr.
Russell A. Peck (born December 17, 1933) is an American medievalist, scholar of medieval literature, and author. He is John Hall Deane Professor of English at the University of Rochester. Education and early career After a childhood in Wyoming and an undergraduate education at Princeton University, Peck earned a Ph.D. in English from Indiana University in 1963, writing a dissertation on number symbolism in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer. He was a visiting professor at the University of Hull, England, from 1967 to 1968. Career Peck has written extensively on medieval literature, folklore, cognitive theory, and pedagogy; he has shaped the field of medieval literature by founding the Middle English Text Series in 1990 (which he continues to serve as general editor). He has also edited several important works of Middle English Literature, including a comprehensive three-volume edition of John Gower's Middle English ''Confessio Amantis''. He taught at the University of Rochester from 19 ...
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