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Nicole Clifton

Associate Professor

Medieval Literature and Language

Office: RH 331
Phone: 753-6631
Email: nclifton@niu.edu

Educational Background


Ph.D. Cornell University; 1993

M.A. Cornell University; 1991

B.A. University of California, Berkeley; 1986


Professional Interests


Medieval Romance

Middle English Language and Literature

Arthurian Literature

Textual and Bibliographic Studies

The Auchinleck Manuscript

Children’s Literature and Education in the Middle Ages


Selected Publications >

Current Courses >

Selected Publications

  • “Teaching Guide for ‘Teaching and Studying The Middle English Romance: New Directions, Affiliations, and Pleasures of the Text.’” Literature Compass (online resource sponsored by Blackwell Publishing) November 2007.
  • “Teaching the Electronic Manuscript.” Online supplementary essay to Teaching Bibliography, Textual Criticism, and Book History. Ed. Ann Hawkins. London: Pickering and Chatto, 2006.
  • “The Seven Sages of Rome, Children’s Literature, and the Auchinleck Manuscript.” Childhood in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: The Results of a Paradigm Shift in the History of Mentality. Ed. Albrecht Classen. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2005. 185-201.
  • Of Arthour and Merlin as Medieval Children’s Literature.” Arthuriana 13 (2003): 9-22.

Current Courses

CourseMeeting Days / Time / Room
Fall 2013ENGL 406.1 (details)
MWF / 11:00 - 11:50 / RH202
Fall 2013ENGL 406.2 (details)
MWF / 12:00 - 12:50 / RH202
Fall 2013ENGL 637.1 (details)
W / 3:00 - 5:40 / RH307
Spring 2013ENGL 736.P1 (details)
W / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH305
Spring 2013ENGL 420.00H1 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / RH 202
Fall 2011ENGL 406.0001 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH 202
Fall 2011ENGL 406.0002 (details)
TTH / 3:30 - 4:45 / RH 202
Fall 2011ENGL 635.0001 (details)
M / 6:00-8:40 / RH 209
Spring 2012ENGL 420.1 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / RH209
Spring 2012ENGL 420.2 (details)
TTH / 3:30 - 4:45 / RH209
Fall 2012ENGL 406.1 (details)
MWF / 10:00 - 10:50 / RH302
Fall 2012ENGL 406.2 (details)
MWF / 11:00 - 11:50 / RH302
Fall 2012ENGL 637.1 (details)
W / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH305