Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler

Professor

Elizabeth Skerpan-Wheeler joined the Department of English in 1983. She served as the Discipline Representative for Rhetoric, Renaissance Society of America, 2015-2017.

Contact:

Office	Flowers Hall 243
Office Phone	512-245-3727
Email	es10@txstate.edu

Office

Flowers Hall 243

Office Phone

512-245-3727

es10@txstate.edu

Degrees
Ph.D., English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., English, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A.B. magna cum laude, English, Miami University

Degrees

Ph.D., English, University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.A., English, University of Wisconsin-Madison

A.B. magna cum laude, English, Miami University

Teaching & Research interests
Political rhetoric	History of rhetoric
Visual rhetoric

Teaching & Research interests

Political rhetoric

History of rhetoric

Visual rhetoric

Courses Commonly Taught
Milton (undergraduate and graduate)
Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature
Late Eighteenth-Century Literature
Shakespeare

Courses Commonly Taught

Milton (undergraduate and graduate)

Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Literature

Late Eighteenth-Century Literature

Shakespeare

Selected Publications
"The Logical Poetics of Paradise Regained." Huntington Library Quarterly 76 (2013): 35-58.
Editor, "Life Writings." 2 vols. The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works, 1500-1750, Series II: Printed Writings, 1641-1700: Part I. General Editors Betty S. Travitsky and Patrick Cullen. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.
The Rhetoric of Politics in the English Revolution, 1642-1660. Columbia, MO.: Univ. of Missouri Press, 1992.
“Early Political Prose.” In A Companion to Milton. Ed. Thomas N. Corns. London: Blackwell, 2001. 263-78.
"The First 'Royal': Charles I as Celebrity." PMLA 126. 4 (2011): 912-34.
“William Dugard.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 281. British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660. 2nd series. Ed. Edward Malone. New York: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2003. 77-84.
“John Milton.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol 281. British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660. 2nd series. Ed. Edward Malone. New York: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2003. 188-200.
"Sir Francis Bacon." Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 236. British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660. 1st series. Ed. Edward Malone. New York: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2001. 12-39.

Selected Publications

"The Logical Poetics of Paradise Regained." Huntington Library Quarterly 76 (2013): 35-58.

Editor, "Life Writings." 2 vols. The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works, 1500-1750, Series II: Printed Writings, 1641-1700: Part I. General Editors Betty S. Travitsky and Patrick Cullen. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001.

The Rhetoric of Politics in the English Revolution, 1642-1660. Columbia, MO.: Univ. of Missouri Press, 1992.

“Early Political Prose.” In A Companion to Milton. Ed. Thomas N. Corns. London: Blackwell, 2001. 263-78.

"The First 'Royal': Charles I as Celebrity." PMLA 126. 4 (2011): 912-34.

“William Dugard.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 281. British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660. 2nd series. Ed. Edward Malone. New York: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2003. 77-84.

“John Milton.” Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol 281. British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660. 2nd series. Ed. Edward Malone. New York: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2003. 188-200.

"Sir Francis Bacon." Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 236. British Rhetoricians and Logicians, 1500-1660. 1st series. Ed. Edward Malone. New York: Bruccoli Clark Layman, 2001. 12-39.