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Robin Norris

Professor (she, her)

Degrees:B.A. (Tulane), M.A. (Ohio State), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Phone:613-520-2600 x 4195
Email:robin_norris@carleton.ca
Office:1919 Dunton Tower

Recent Publications:

Anonymous Old English Lives of Saints. Ed. and trans. Johanna Kramer, Hugh Magennis, and Robin Norris. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library 63. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2020.

Beowulf by All: Community Translation and Workbook, lines 1861–76. Ed. Jean Abbott, Elaine Treharne, and Mateusz Fafinski. Arc Humanities Press, 2021.

Feminist Approaches to Early Medieval English Studies. Ed. Robin Norris, Rebecca Stephenson, and Renée R. Trilling. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2023.

A Feminist Renaissance in Early Medieval English Studies. Ed. Robin Norris, Renée R. Trilling, and Rebecca Stephenson. Special issue of English Studies 101.1 (February 2020).

“Old English Saints’ Lives,” solicited for Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Women’s Writing in the Global Middle Ages. Forthcoming.

“Sad Men in Beowulf.” Dating Beowulf: Studies in Intimacy. Ed. Daniel C. Remein and Erica Weaver. Manchester: Manchester UP, 2020. 210–26.

Recent courses taught:

  • Animals and Literacy (ENGL 1400)
  • Book Arts Workshop (ENGL 2910/4115/5120)
  • English Grammar: Fundamentals (ENGL 1008)
  • Medieval Literature (ENGL 2301)
  • Old English Language and Literature (ENGL 4105/5207)
  • Plant Literacy and Literature (ENGL 4115/5901)
  • Reading Selves (ENGL 4115/5901)
  • Researching the Medieval and Early Modern Past (MEMS 3001)