College of Arts and Humanities
English, Communication, Great Texts, and Modern Languages
Emily Stelzer, PhD Profile and Contact Information
- Professor of Literature
- Dean, HCU Core Curriculum
- Program Coordinator, Great Texts (BA and Minor)
- Content Expert for English, Language Arts, and Reading (7-12) with Teacher Certification and ESL
Education
- PhD in Literature, University of Dallas
- MA in English, University of Dallas
- BA in English, Hillsdale College
Courses Taught
- John Milton
- Shakespeare
- Menippean Satire
- English Literature I
- Great Works of Literature I
- Great Works of Literature II
- Composition and Literature I
- Composition and Literature II
- Honors Writing III
- Honors Writing IV
- Honors Seminars
Publications
Dr. Stelzer鈥檚 monograph Gluttony and Gratitude: considers the theme of temperance and the role of gluttony in the tradition of the Fall, tracing medieval and Augustinian influences in the work of John Milton.
鈥淢iltonic Liberty and the Grounds for Disestablishment in A Treatise of Civil Power.鈥� : Theoretical Perspectives, edited by Shannon Holzer (Palgrave, 2023), pp. 371-98.
Scholarly Milton, edited by Thomas Festa and Kevin J. Donovan, Clemson University Press, 2019, pp. 185-208.
Religions 10(8), 456; 2019; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10080456
鈥淭anquam Explorator: A Classical Model for Christian Readers.鈥� The City, A Publication of 九色视频, July 20, 2018; /news-and-events/2018/07/20/a-classic-is-a-story-that-might-save-us-meditations-on-the-christian-gospel-and-platos-story-of-er/
Dr. Stelzer has also published articles and review essays in Religion & Literature, Appositions, Early Modern English Studies, Early Modern Literary Studies, and the Ben Jonson Journal.
Additional Information
Dr. Stelzer is happy to teach a wide variety of literature courses at HCU, but she especially enjoys discussing early modern poetry, including the works of Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, and Marvell.