EDWARD SHANNON

 Professor of American Literature
B.A., Ramapo College of New Jersey
M.A., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Year Joined RCNJ: 1997

Courses Offered:

For the Literature major:

• Contemporary American Literature
• Comic American Novel
• 20th Century American Novel
• Survey of American Literature I & II
• Major Authors:  Mark Twain

 For the American Studies major:

• American Crime Fiction and Film
• Comics and American Culture

For the Mals Graduate Program:

• American Gothic:  The Literacy Tradition
• American Folk:  The Voice of the People in American Literature

Teaching Interest:

• American Literature especially twentieth century fiction

Research Interest:

• Literary studies that overlap with popular culture; American folk music;and Detective Fiction

Recent Publications:

• "Talkin' World Revolution: Woody Guthrie's Seeds of Man as Socialist Parable."            Intersecting Paths:  Continuing Legacy of Old Southwestern Humor. Ed. Ed Piacentino, High Point University, High Point, NC.  Louisiana State UP.  2006
• " Where was the sex?' :  Fetishism and Dirty Minds in Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley."  Modern Language Studies. Vol. 34  Number1, Spring 2005
• "Vulgar Words of Language for Mister Jesus:  The Sacred and Profane Hero of Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory."  Western Autobiography.  (editorial review) Ed. Katherine     Boardman and Gioia Woods.  Utah State UP.  Publication expected 2004.
• The Pocket Guide to Writing about Literature.  Prentice Hall Publishers. August 2001

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• Read Dr. Shannon's "'Bad Politics': Old Southwestern Humor and the Southern Gothic in Woody Guthrie's Bound for Glory" at Southernspace.org
  
  
• "Listen to Professor Shannon talk about Woody Guthrie on the Modern Language Association’s Radio Show, “What's the Word?” Prof. Shannon is featured on the program titled "Regional Literature in the United States: The Southwest."