Michael G. Cornelius

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Michael G. Cornelius is an American scholar specialising in early British literature and an author.

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Background

Michael Cornelius was raised in Summerhill, New York. [1] After receiving a bachelor's degree at St. John Fisher College and a master's at Marshall University, [2] he completed a PhD in medieval literature at the University of Rhode Island. Subsequently, Cornelius joined Wilson College - a liberal arts women's college in Pennsylvania - in 2002, [1] where he currently holds the post of Chair of the Department of English and Mass Communications. [3] He is openly gay. [2] He now lives in Chambersburg with his partner, Joe. [2]

Career

Professor

Cornelius has been published in a number of journals, including Fifteenth-Century Studies, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, The Delta Epsilon Sigma Journal, and SCOTIA: A Journal of Scottish Studies. An article he wrote on Geoffrey Chaucer's ploughman [4] appeared in the anthology Black Earth, Ivory Tower, [1] and he has completed a manuscript on Edward II. [3]

Although he specializes in early British literature, he has also taught on the structure of the English language, Christopher Marlowe, Robert Burns, and gay and lesbian literature. He runs a creative writing course at Wilson College, and was named a Pennsylvania Humanities Council scholar for 2006–2007, specialising in horror cinema. [3]

Writer

In 2001, Cornelius (as "Michael G. Cornelius") published his first novel, Creating Man. A story of God's accidental creation of human emotions on the eighth day, told through a number of tales about gay men, the novel was a finalist at the 2002 Lambda Literary Awards, [5] and was nominated for both an Independent Press Award and an American Library Association Award. [6]

Two years later, in 2003, he co-authored (with Kate Emburg) the first of the Susan Slutt - Girl Detective novels, a parody of Nancy Drew-style works.

In 2007, Cornelius released his third novel - The Ascension - a religious-themed horror story. [7]

He has also published short fiction in various journals, magazines, and anthologies, including Velvet Mafia , The Egg Box, Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, The Spillway Review, and Encore, as well as in anthologies from Alyson Press and StarPress Books. [8]

Works

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Zachary Michael Jack (2005). "Geoffrey Chaucer's Ploughman and the Nobility of Toil". Black Earth and Ivory Tower: New American Essays from Farm and Classroom. University of South Carolina. p. 143. ISBN   1-57003-611-X.
  2. 1 2 3 "Odds & Evens" (PDF). Wilson College Alumnae Quarterly. Spring 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  3. 1 2 3 "Wilson College: Michael G. Cornelius". Wilson College. Archived from the original on 2007-12-22. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  4. ↑ Note the ploughman never received a tale - see The Plowman's Tale
  5. ↑ "Lambda Literary Foundation awards - 2001". Lambda Literary Foundation. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  6. ↑ "Michael G. Cornelius biography". writers.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  7. ↑ Rick Spearman (June 6, 2007). "Review of The Ascension". hellnotes.com. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  8. ↑ "Michael G. Cornelius biography". Spillway Review. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
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