Jean E. Graham is an American scholar, translator, and professor of English at

The College of New Jersey The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) is a public university in Ewing Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. Established in 1855 as the New Jersey State Normal School, TCNJ was the first normal school, or ...

, where she has taught since 1994. She teaches courses in British literature (especially Milton and Shakespeare), young adult literature, and the

Bible The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...

as literature.TCNJ English Department Faculty page for Dr. J. E. Graham
/ref> Her research interests include Katherine Philips, Thomas Traherne, and

C. S. Lewis Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer and Anglican lay theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University (Magdalen College, 1925–1954) and Cambridge Univers ...

’s Narnian chronicles.

Education

Graham earned her Ph.D. in English Language and Literature from

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Reser ...

in Cleveland, Ohio, where she participated in a David Hudson Fellowship. Prior to her doctoral studies, Graham received her B.A. and M.A. in English from

The University of Akron The University of Akron is a public research university in Akron, Ohio. It is part of the University System of Ohio. As a STEM-focused institution, it focuses on industries such as polymers, advanced materials, and engineering. It is classifie ...

Teaching

Graham has recently taught courses on the following topics: Poetry; Early Modern British Literature; Shakespeare and Gender; Bible as Literature;

John Milton John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet and intellectual. His 1667 epic poem '' Paradise Lost'', written in blank verse and including over ten chapters, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political ...

; and Dystopian Literature. Prior to joining to English Department at TCNJ, Graham was served as a Visiting Assistant Professor at

from 1991 to 1994.

Publications

* “Austen and ‘The Advantage of Height.’” Persuasions 20 (summer 1999).''Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal Online'', the annual publication of the Jane Austen Society of North America

/ref>Full-text of Dr. Graham's "The Advantage of Height" as it appears in ''Persuasions''

/ref> * “‘Ay me’: Selfishness and Empathy in ‘Lycidas.’” Early Modern Literary Studies: A Journal of 16th- and 17th-Century English Literature 2 (Dec. 1996).Early Modern Literary Studies, Volume 2
/ref> * “Fruit So Various: A Word Analysis in

Paradise Lost ''Paradise Lost'' is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse (poetry), verse. A second edition fo ...

.” Milton Quarterly 24 (March 1990): 25-30. * “Holodeck Masquing: Early Modern Genre Meets Star Trek.” Journal of Popular Culture 34 (fall 2000): 21-27. * “

Katherine Philips Katherine or Catherine Philips (1 January 1631/2 – 22 June 1664), also known as "The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved renown as a translator of Pierre Corneille's '' Pompée'' ...

and Churching.”

The Explicator ''The Explicator'' is a quarterly journal of literary criticism. Current owner Routledge acquired the journal from Heldref Publications in 2009. It mainly publishes short papers on poetry and prose. It is indexed in the Arts & Humanities Citation ...

70 (August 2012): 161-63.''The Explicator'', Issue 70
/ref> * “Milton’s Comus in Ann Radcliffe’s ''The Mysteries of Udolpho''.” ''The Explicator'' 72, 2 (May 2014): 97-100. * “The Performing Heir in Jonson's Jacobean Masques.” SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500–1900 41 (spring 2001): 381-98. * “‘Seventy Seven’ in Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist.”

70 (December 2012): 256-59.The Explicator, Issue 70
/ref> * “Who ‘laid him in a manger’? Biblical Women in Herbert, Vaughan, and Traherne.” ''Explorations in Renaissance Culture'' 41 (2015): 56-74. * “‘Wo’is me’ and ‘Ah my deare’: Parenthetical Metacommentary in Donne and Herbert.” ''The John Donne Journal'' 33 (2014). 165-201.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Jean Living people American academics of English literature Case Western Reserve University alumni University of Akron alumni The College of New Jersey faculty Year of birth missing (living people)