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Jason Crawford @ Union

Jason CrawfordJason Crawford

Professor of English

Biography

Jason Crawford teaches and writes about early modern literature and culture. He is the author of Allegory and Enchantment (Oxford University Press, 2017) and is currently at work on two book projects: one on tragedy and religion in Shakespeare, and one on the uses of comedy. Crawford has held research fellowships at the Huntington Library, at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and at the University of Tennessee鈥檚 Marco Institute. At Union, his teaching interests include not just early modern English writers but also ancient epic and drama, Dante and Petrarch, problems of tragedy and suffering, notions of beauty, and questions about modernity and its limits.

Education

  • Ph.D in English, Harvard University
  • A.M. in English, Harvard University
  • B.A. in English, Philosophy, Louisiana State University

Recent Books

Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds That Came Before cover

Learning the Good Life: Wisdom from the Great Hearts and Minds That Came Before


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Union Contributors: Jason Crawford (Introduction to "George Herbert, Five Poems"); Joy E. Moore (Introduction to "T.S. Eliot's 'Preludes'").

More Books by Jason Crawford

Recent Scholarship

  • ARTICLE - "Shakespeare's Comedy of Judgment" Sep 2022
  • PRESENTATION - "James Simpson's Freedoms" Sep 2022
  • PRESENTATION - "Herbert's Proverbial Ineloquence" Jun 2022
  • ARTICLE - "George Herbert's Outlandish Wisdom" Mar 2022
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Recent Photos

2/18/22 - Jason Crawford, associate professor of English, teaches an honors seminar. - Kristi McMurry Woody 2/18/22 | 30370 | XL
Jason Crawford, associate professor of English, teaches an honors seminar. - Kristi McMurry Woody
10/12/20 - Students gather for Fireside Forum outside the Bowld Student Commons. - Kristi McMurry Woody 10/12/20 | 29604 | XL
Students gather for Fireside Forum outside the Bowld Student Commons. - Kristi McMurry Woody
12/14/19 - Jason Crawford, faculty member of the year, opens fall graduation with prayer. - Kristi McMurry Woody 12/14/19 | 29224 | XL
Jason Crawford, faculty member of the year, opens fall graduation with prayer. - Kristi McMurry Woody
10/3/19 - Jason Crawford, faculty in residence, enjoys conversation and dinner with students during Be Our Guest. - Kristi McMurry Woody 10/3/19 | 29141 | XL
Jason Crawford, faculty in residence, enjoys conversation and dinner with students during Be Our Guest. - Kristi McMurry Woody
10/3/19 - Jason Crawford, associate professor of English and faculty in residence, welcomes students to his home for Be Our Guest. - Kristi McMurry Woody 10/3/19 | 29139 | XL
Jason Crawford, associate professor of English and faculty in residence, welcomes students to his home for Be Our Guest. - Kristi McMurry Woody
10/1/19 - Jason Crawford, associate professor of English and faculty in residence, welcomes students to the new Fireside Forum event in the Bowld Student Commons. Dub Oliver, president of the university, was the inaugural speaker. - Kristi McMurry Woody 10/1/19 | 29138 | XL
Jason Crawford, associate professor of English and faculty in residence, welcomes students to the new Fireside Forum event in the Bowld Student Commons. Dub Oliver, president of the university, was the inaugural speaker. - Kristi McMurry Woody

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