Contact Information

Office: 4102 JFSB

Phone: 422-8480

Email: billy_hall@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses English Novel
Introduction to Literary Studies
Literature of Enlightenment
Literary Theory and Criticism
Shakespeare

Semester Schedule: Winter 2013:

ENGL 291
TTH 9:30-10:45
101 JFSB

ENGL 291
TTH 12:05-1:20
B103 JFSB

ENGL 451
T 5:10-7:40
2009 JFSB


Student Consultations:
TTH 1:30-3:30 or by appointment

Website: http://billymhall.wordpress.com/

Biography:

Billy Hall, Visiting Professor, recently received his PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he completed a dissertation exploring the intersection of poetry, aesthetics, and technology in the eighteenth century. Among other areas, his professional interests include eighteenth-century poetry and poetics, Enlightenment studies, philosophy of technology, Media studies, and the history of aesthetics. He enjoys taking things apart, riding his bike (when it is not in pieces), campfires with his wife, and playing with his four children.

Interests:

Eighteenth-century British Literature, Digital Humanities, Theories of Enlightenment, Poetics