Stephen Glosecki

Stephen O. Glosecki (d. 4 April 2007) was a scholar of Old English language and literature. Glosecki was raised in Springfield, Illinois, and educated at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Beloit College, and his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from University of California, Davis.[1] A professor of Old English at University of Alabama at Birmingham, he was the author of books and articles on Old English literature, particularly on shamanism[2] and folklore, and was notable for his contributions to the anthropological study of early Germanic literature.[3] He died of cancer in 2007,[4] aged 55.[1] A collection he edited, Myth in Early Northwest Europe, was published posthumously; his introduction was called "lively and, in places, poetic", and his translations of some of the Anglo-Saxon metrical charms were praised as "fluent, vigorous".[5]

Selected publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Stephen O. Glosecki Obituary". The State Journal-Register. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  2. Bjork, Robert E.; Niles, John D. (1998). A Beowulf Handbook. U of Nebraska P. p. 196. ISBN 9780803261501.
  3. 1 2 Jurasinski, Stefan (2010). "Rev. of Glosecki, Myth in Early Northwest Europe". Arthuriana 20 (3): 122–24.
  4. Till, Steven (2009). "Shelf Life". University of Alabama at Birmingham. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  5. 1 2 Larrington, Carolyne (2009). "Rev. of Glosecki (ed.), Myth in Early Northwest Europe" (PDF). The English Historical Review. CXXIV (506): 114–116. doi:10.1093/ehr/cen376. ISSN 0013-8266.
  6. Bildhauer, Bettina; Mills, Robert (2003). The Monstrous Middle Ages. U of Toronto P. p. 173. ISBN 9780802086679.
  7. Liuzza, R.M. (2014). Old English Poetry: An Anthology: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition. Broadview. p. 14. ISBN 9781770484856.
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