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Br. Patrick Horner, F.S.C.

Br. Patrick Horner, F.S.C.

Br. Patrick Horner, F.S.C.

Professor of English

 

Br. Patrick Horner, F.S.C. is a member of New York Province of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (also known as the De La Salle Brothers), a Roman Catholic religious order devoted to the apostolate of the Christian education. He has been a member of the English Department since 1977.

Education:

  • B.A., Catholic University of America, 1968
  • M.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1972
  • Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany, 1975

Research and Scholarly Interests:

The literature of medieval England, with particular attention to the importance of religious prose (especially sermons) in both Latin and the vernacular.

Publications:

A Handlist of the Manuscripts containing Middle English Prose in the Digby Collection, Bodleian Library, Oxford.  Brewer, 1986. 

"Sermons and Homilies" (with Thomas J. Heffernan) in A Manual of the Writings in Middle English vol. 11, ed. P. Beidler.  Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005.

The Macaronic Sermons of MS Bodley 649:  An Edition and Translation, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies). 2006

In addition, Brother Horner has published editions of medieval sermons and written essays for a number of academic journals.

Courses Taught/Teaching:

  • ENGL 110: College Writing
  • ENGL 309: English Literature: Beowulf to the Age of Johnson I.
  • ENGL 312:  Studies in Medieval British Literature
  • ENGL 331:  History of English Language
  • ENGL 342:  Medieval Literature
  • ENGL 369:  Chaucer
  • LLRN 102:  Classical Origins of the Western Culture

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