Professor Emeritus
Department of English
Office - Bellarmine 106
Phone: (610) 660-1888
Email: ecohen@sju.edu
Education
B.S., University of Maryland, 1953
M.A., University of Maryland, 1958
Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1965
Courses Taught
English 1011 (The Craft of Language)
English 1021 (Texts and Contexts)
English 1811 (The Poet's Voice)
English 2011 (Backgrounds for English Studies)
English 2121 (Renaissance Drama, excluding Shakespeare)
English 2131 (Renaissance Authors-Spenser and Milton)
English 2201 (Shakespeare: Early Works)
English 2211 (Shakespeare: Later Works); English 2901 (Images of Women in Literature)
Publications
"Edgar's Audience and Shakespeare's: A Comparison," The Upstart Crow: a Shakespeare Journal 18 (1998): 118-134
"`Virtue is bold': The Bed-Trick and Characterization in All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure, " Philological Quarterly 65 (1986): 171-86
"Hamlet and the Murder of Gonzago," Revue Belge de Philologie at d'Histoire 61 (1983): 543-556
"Mirrors of Virtue: The Role of Cassio in Othello," English Studies 57 (1976): 115-27
"Musing on Muses," Serenity at Daybreak, ed. Melissa S. Mitchell (Owing Mills, 1999): 148
"Whale Watch," Poet 5.1: 52
"Reader Response," "Art and Nature," and "Swan Song," Moon Willow Poetry Series 1: 28
"Kaddish," Best Poems of the 90's, ed. Howard Ely (Owing Mills, Maryland: National Library of Poetry)
General Fields of Professional Interest
English RenaissanceShakespeare
Pedagogical style
Juggling and tightrope walking!
Other information
Emeritus chair of the English department; member MLA and AAUP (served on the National Council 1990-93, on the Pennsylvania State Conference 1993-96); teaching award, Saint Joseph's University, University College (1997); service awards, Middle States Association of Higher Education (1994), Saint Joseph's University, University College (1986).