Leasure Inaugurates Fall Writers-on-the-Shore Series Thursday, September 29
SALISBURY, MD---Dr. T. Ross Leasure inaugurates ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½’s fall Writers-on-the-Shore literary series 8 p.m. Thursday, September 29, in the Montgomery Room of the Commons.
The ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ associate professor of Medieval and early modern English literature presents “Does the Devil Speak [Old] English?” focusing on his original translations from the Anglo-Saxon Poetic Record in which the Devil is a character.
Leasure has published several articles on Old English poetry and aspects of Milton’s Paradise Lost. He has received grants and honors including the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Foundation Grant, Martin Sampson Teaching Award and Falkenau Teaching Award. He earned his Ph.D. in English from Cornell University.
Sponsored by the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ English Department and Writers-on-the-Shore, admission to his presentation is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-543-6030 or visit the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ Web site at www.salisbury.edu.