Michael Cornelius

Michael Cornelius, Ph.D., received his doctorate from the University of Rhode Island and specializes in early British literature. He teaches courses in Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Arthurian literature. He is also a recognized authority on Nancy Drew and juvenile detective fiction.

Cornelius has published extensively in scholarly journals, including Fifteenth-Century Studies, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, CLUES, Journal of Children in Popular Culture, Journal of Girlhood Studies, Pennsylvania Literary Journal, EAPSU Journal, Journal of the Georgia Philological Association, and SCOTIA: A Journal of Scottish Studies.  

He is the author or editor of 22 books, among them “Edward II and a Literature of Same-Sex Love: The Gay King in Fiction, 1590-1640” (2016); “Spartacus in the Television Arena: Essays on the Starz’ Series” (2014); “Of Muscles and Men: Essays on the Sword and Sandal Film” (2011); “The Boy Detectives: Essays on the Hardy Boys and Others” (2010); “Nancy Drew and Her Sister Sleuths: Essays on the Fiction of Girl Detectives” (co-editor, Melanie Gregg, 2008); and three volumes in Harold Bloom’s classical studies series: “John Donne and the Metaphysical Poets” (2008); “Geoffrey Chaucer” (2007); and “Shakespeare Through the Ages: Much Ado About Nothing” (2010).