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William Johnson

Professor Emeritus

16th- and 17th-century English Literature

Office: ZH 1001
Phone: 753-2104
Email: wjohnson@niu.edu

Educational Background


Ph.D. University of Iowa; 1969

M.A. University of Iowa; 1965

B.A. Chicago State University; 1963


Professional Interests


Sidney, Spenser, Herbert, Milton

Reformation literature, history, and theology

Interdisciplinary Humanities

English Pedagogy


Selected Publications >

Current Courses >

Selected Publications

  • “In Vino-et in Amore-Veritas: Transformational Animation in Herrick’s ‘Sack’ Poems.” Papers on Language and Literature 41:1 (Winter 2005), 89-108. Reprinted, by invitation, in Literature Criticism, vol. 145, 2008.
  • “Spenser’s Hermetic Tricksters in The Faerie Queene III and IV.” English Studies 83:4 (August 2002), 338-55.
  • Spenser’s Amoretti: Analogies of Love. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press, 1990.
  • Milton Criticism: A Subject Index. London: Dawson Publishing, 1978.

Current Courses

CourseMeeting Days / Time / Room
Spring 2012ENGL 744.P1 (details)
T / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH207