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- Professor
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Dickson, Donald Professor
Positions
- Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences
My interests include textual editing, the devotional poetry of the seventeenth century, Renaissance Hermeticism, utopianism, and the history of science in the seventeenth century.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Dickson, D. R.
(2021).
The Text and Stemma of 'To S(R) H: W: Going into Venice:'. The Review of English Studies: the leading journal of English literature and language.
73(309), 250-263.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2020).
Henry Vaughan's Knowledge (and Use) of Greek. Studies in Philology.
117(1), 201-224.
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Dickson, D. R
(2020).
Henry Vaughan, Scholarly Editor. 23, 204-244.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2015).
John Donne and the Conway Papers: Patronage and Manuscript Circulation in the Early Seventeenth Century. The Review of English Studies: the leading journal of English literature and language.
66(276), 780-782.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2014).
Vaughans The Water-fall and Protestant Meditation. Explorations in Renaissance Culture.
40(1-2), 41-52.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2013).
The Text of Donnes Good Friday Meditation. John Donne Journal: studies in the age of Donne.
32, 87-106.
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Dickson, D.
(2007).
Henry Vaughan as Country Doctor. Explorations in Renaissance Culture.
33(2), 171-195.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2007).
Henry Vaughan's Medical Annotations. Huntington Library Quarterly: studies in English and American history and literature.
70(3), 427-452.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2007).
T. R. O'Flahertie's Copy of Donne's Letters. Literature Compass.
4(2), 443-462.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2005).
Henry Vaughans Medical Library. 9, 189-209.
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Dickson, D. R
(2003).
The Identity of Rebecca Archer Vaughan. 7, 129-142.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2003).
The Identity of Thomas Vaughans Rebecca. 7, 129-142.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2000).
Agency in Vaughan's Sacred Poetry: Creative Acts or Divine Gifts?. Connotations (New York): a journal of critical debate.
9, 174-189.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2000).
Thomas Vaughan and the iatrochemical revolution (Alchemy). The Seventeenth Century.
15(1), 18-31.
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DICKSON, D. R.
(1998).
The Alchemistical Wife: The Identity of Thomas Vaughan's Rebecca. The Seventeenth Century.
13(1), 36-49.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1998).
The alchemistical wife: The identity of Thomas Vaughan's 'Rebecca' (Alchemy, 17th-century England). The Seventeenth Century.
13(1), 36-49.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1998).
The hunt for red elixir: an early collaboration between Fellows of the Royal Society. Endeavour.
22(2), 68-71.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1997).
Thomas Henshaw and Sir Robert Paston's pursuit of the red elixir + Alchemy: An early collaboration between fellows of the Royal-Society. Notes and Records the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science.
51(1), 57-76.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1996).
Johann Valentin Andreae's utopian brotherhoods + Examining his co-authorship of Rosicrucian manifestos within the context of his other Protestant writings. Renaissance Quarterly.
49(4), 760-802.
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Dickson, D. R
(1996).
Johannes Saubert, Johann Valentin Andreae and the Unio Christiana1. German Life and Letters.
49(1), 18-31.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1988).
Between Transubstantiation and Memorialism_ Herberts Eucharistic Celebration. George Herbert Journal.
11, 1-14.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1987).
Grace and the Spirits of the Heart in The Temple. John Donne Journal: studies in the age of Donne.
6(1), 55-66.
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DICKSON, D. R.
(1987).
THE COMPLEXITIES OF BIBLICAL TYPOLOGY IN THE 17TH-CENTURY. Renaissance and Reformation.
11(3), 253-272.
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DICKSON, D. R.
(1986).
THE BIBLE AND REASON, ANGLICANS AND SCRIPTURE IN LATE 17TH-CENTURY ENGLAND - REEDY,G. Seventeenth-Century News.
44(4), 66-68.
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DICKSON, D. R.
(1986).
WALLINGTON WORLD, A PURITAN ARTISAN IN 17TH-CENTURY LONDON - SEAVER,PS. Seventeenth-Century News.
44(4), 70-71.
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DICKSON, D. R.
(1985).
CRASHAW,RICHARD - AN ANNOTATED-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CRITICISM, 1632-1980 - ROBERTS,JR. 10(3), 39-40.
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DICKSON, D. R.
(1985).
LITERATURE IN PROTESTANT ENGLAND, 1560-1660 - SINFIELD,A. Seventeenth-Century News.
43(1-2), 13-14.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1985).
The "Slidynge" Yeoman: The Real Drama in the "Canon's Yeoman's Tale". South Central Review.
2(2), 10-10.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1984).
Professional Writing and the Humanities. Business Communication Quarterly.
47(4), 6-7.
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DICKSON, D. R.
(1983).
IN-A-MIRROR-THAT-MIRRORS-THE-SOUL MASKS AND MIRRORS IN 'DORIAN GRAY'. English Literature in Transition 1880-1920.
26(1), 5-15.
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Dickson, D. R.
(1982).
Planning for the In-House Writing Seminar. Business Communication Quarterly.
45(2), 14-16.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2021).
The Text and Stemma of 'To S(R) H: W: Going into Venice:'. The Review of English Studies: the leading journal of English literature and language.
73(309), 250-263.
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book
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Donne, J
(2015).
The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne The Satyres
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Donne, J., & Dickson, D. R
(2007).
John Donne's Poetry Authoritive Texts, Criticism. W. W. Norton.
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Dickson, D. R., & Nelson, H. F
(2004).
Of Paradise and Light Essays on Henry Vaughan and John Milton in Honor of Alan Rudrum. University of Delaware Press.
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Vaughan, T., Vaughan, R., Dickson, D. R., & Library, B
(2001).
Thomas and Rebecca Vaughan's Aqua Vitae, Non Vitis (British Library MS, Sloane 1741). Mrts.
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Dickson, D. R
(1998).
The Tessera of Antilia_ Utopian Brotherhoods and Secret Societies in the Early Seventeenth Century. BRILL.
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Donne, J., & Stringer, G. A
(1995).
The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne: The Anniversaries and the Epicedes and obsequies. Indiana University Press.
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Dickson, D. R
(1993).
Thomas Vaughan
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Dickson, D. R
(1987).
The Fountain of Living Waters_ The Typology of the Waters of Life in Herbert, Vaughan, and Traherne. Univ of Missouri Pr.
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Donne, J
(2015).
The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne The Satyres
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chapter
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Dickson, D. R.
(2018).
Vaughan's Devotional Prose as Political Act and Prayer. PRAYER AND PERFORMANCE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE.
(pp. 181-197).
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Dickson, D. R.
(2012).
Research tools and their pitfalls for Donne studies. The Oxford Handbook of John Donne.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2004).
The Mount of Olives: Vaughans Book of Private Prayer. Dickson, D. R., & Nelson, H. F. (Eds.),
Of Paradise and Light Essays on Henry Vaughan and John Milton in Honor of Alan Rudrum.
(pp. 202-217).
University of Delaware Press.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2004).
Utopia. Dewald, J. (Eds.),
Europe 1450 to 1789 encyclopedia of the early modern world.
(pp. 105-106).
Scribner.
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Dickson, D. R.
(2018).
Vaughan's Devotional Prose as Political Act and Prayer. PRAYER AND PERFORMANCE IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE.
(pp. 181-197).
editor of
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book
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Vaughan, H.
(2018).
The Works of Henry Vaughan: Volume I. Introduction and Texts 1646-1652; Volume II. Texts 1654-1678, Letters, & Medical Marginalia; Volume III. Commentaries and Bibliography
Dickson, D. R., Rudrum, A., & Wilcher, R. (Eds.),
Oxford University Press, USA.
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Vaughan, H.
(2018).
The Works of Henry Vaughan: Volume I. Introduction and Texts 1646-1652; Volume II. Texts 1654-1678, Letters, & Medical Marginalia; Volume III. Commentaries and Bibliography
Dickson, D. R., Rudrum, A., & Wilcher, R. (Eds.),
Oxford University Press, USA.
Teaching
teaching activities
- ENGL212 Shakespeare Instructor
- ENGL221 World Literature Instructor
- ENGL315 17th Century Literature Instructor
- ENGL318 Utopian Lit Engl Tradition Instructor
- ENGL412 Studies In Shakespeare Instructor
- ENGL414 Milton Instructor
- ENGL415 St In A Major Author Instructor
- ENGL481 Sr Sem: Utopia & Dystopia Instructor
- ENGL485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ENGL691 Research Instructor
- ENGL691 Research Instructor
- MODL221 World Literature Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in English, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 1981
- M.A. in English, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 1976
- B.A. in English, University of Connecticut - (Storrs, Connecticut, United States) 1973
awards and honors
- Humboldt Research Fellowship, conferred by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - (Bonn, Germany), 2016
- Humboldt Research Fellowship, conferred by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation - (Bonn, Germany), 1992
Contact
first name
- Donald
has last name
- Dickson
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
English
4227 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4227
USA
Other
- d-dickson@tamu.edu