Joseph Patrick Kelly (Joe Kelly) is a scholar, editor, and professor of English at the
College of Charleston. He earned his B.A. from the
University of Dallas
The University of Dallas is a Private university, private Catholic church, Catholic university in Irving, Texas. Established in 1956, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The university comprises four academi ...
and received his Ph.D. in English in 1992 from the
University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Kelly was born in 1962 and resides in
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...
.
Scholar and professor
Dr. Kelly is a tenured professor and past graduate director of the English program at the
College of Charleston. His book ''Our Joyce: From Outcast to Icon'' was published in 1998, and he has written critical articles on
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
and presented at the American Conference for Irish Studies. In addition to his interests in modern British fiction, he conducts research in antebellum South Carolina history and published “Henry Laurens and the Southern Man of Conscience” in the ''South Carolina Historical Magazine''. Dr. Kelly is an active member of the faculty senate and also serves as a Western Civilization professor for the Honors Program.
Editor
Dr. Kelly edited the five volume ''Seagull Reader'' series for W.W. Norton. Each volume offers introductory material and anthology reading appropriate for composition and literature classes. The collection includes ''Seagull Reader: Essays'', ''Seagull Reader: Poetry'', ''Seagull Reader: Plays'', ''Seagull Reader: Stories'', and ''Seagull Reader: Literature''.
External links
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070207042515/http://www.cofc.edu/~english/people/kelly.html
*https://web.archive.org/web/20070207122639/http://www.wwnorton.com/college/titles/english/seagull2/
*http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110109234435/http://www.acisweb.com/index.php
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Living people
College of Charleston alumni
American academics of English literature
University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
University of Dallas alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)