Stephen O. Glosecki (1950 – 4 April 2007[1]) was a scholar of Old English language and literature. Glosecki was raised in Springfield, Illinois, and educated at Sacred Heart-Griffin High School. He received his undergraduate degree from Beloit College, and his Master's and Ph.D. degrees from University of California, Davis.[2] A professor of Old English at University of Alabama at Birmingham, he was the author of books and articles on Old English literature, particularly on shamanism[3] and folklore, and was notable for his contributions to the anthropological study of early Germanic literature.[4] He died of cancer in 2007,[5] aged 55.[2] A collection he edited, Myth in Early Northwest Europe, was published posthumously; his introduction was called "lively and, in places, poetic", and his translations of some of the Anglo-Saxon metrical charms were praised as "fluent, vigorous".[6]
Selected publications
edit- "Beowulf and the wills: Traces of totemism?" Philological Quarterly Vol. 78, Iss. 1/2, (Winter 1999): 14–47.
- Shamanism and Old English Poetry. New York: Garland, 1989.[7]
- Myth in Early Northwest Europe (editor). Tempe: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, in association with Brepols, 2007.[4][6]
- "Judith" (trans.). Old English Poetry: An Anthology. Ed. Roy Liuzza. Peterborough: Broadview, 2014.[8]
References
edit- ^ "In Memorium: Stephen O. Glosecki (1950-2007)". Old English Newsletter. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ a b "Stephen O. Glosecki Obituary". The State Journal-Register. 7 April 2007. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ Bjork, Robert E.; Niles, John D. (1998). A Beowulf Handbook. U of Nebraska P. p. 196. ISBN 9780803261501.
- ^ a b Jurasinski, Stefan (2010). "Rev. of Glosecki, Myth in Early Northwest Europe". Arthuriana. 20 (3): 122–24. doi:10.1353/art.2010.0013. JSTOR 23238265. S2CID 161763614.
- ^ Till, Steven (2009). "Shelf Life". University of Alabama at Birmingham. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
- ^ a b Larrington, Carolyne (2009). "Rev. of Glosecki (ed.), Myth in Early Northwest Europe". The English Historical Review. CXXIV (506): 114–116. doi:10.1093/ehr/cen376. ISSN 0013-8266.
- ^ Bildhauer, Bettina; Mills, Robert (2003). The Monstrous Middle Ages. U of Toronto P. p. 173. ISBN 9780802086679.
- ^ Liuzza, R.M. (2014). Old English Poetry: An Anthology: A Broadview Anthology of British Literature Edition. Broadview. p. 14. ISBN 9781770484856.