Franklin G. Burroughs
Harrison King McCann Research Professor of the English Language Emeritus
Teaching areas:
Chaucer; Medieval epic and romance; Old English; creative writing (narrative); nineteenth- and twentieth-century nature writing; Faulkner; the personal essay.
Research/writing interests:
Creative non-fiction, typically dealing with intersections of local, natural, and personal history; John James Audubon.
Education
- PhD, Harvard University, 1970