Benedict Whalen
- Delp 301
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Faculty Information
Additional Faculty Information for Benedict Whalen
Education
Ph.D. in English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2013
M.A. in English, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2010
B.A. in English, University of Dallas, 2008
Courses Taught
ENG 104: Great Books in the Western Tradition
ENG 105: Great Books in the British and American Traditions
ENG 320: Renaissance British Literature
ENG 360: Romanticism, American Renaissance and Realism: 1820-1890
ENG 401: Shakespeare’s Tragedies
ENG 401: Early Shakespeare
ENG 401: Later Shakespeare
ENG 401: The English Renaissance Lyric
ENG 401: The Metaphysical Poets
ENG 402: Hemingway and Fitzgerald
ENG 403: Tragedy: Ancient to Modern
CSP 101: The Liberal Arts Tradition
CSP 260: Shakespeare’s Ancient Rome
Biography
Dr. Benedict Whalen completed his bachelor’s degree at the University of Dallas, and his graduate degrees at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He then taught at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi before coming to Hillsdale College in 2014. Much of his teaching is in the literature of the Renaissance, including especially the works of Shakespeare and his fellow playwrights. He also regularly teaches courses on English Renaissance lyric poetry, including the metaphysical poets. Dr. Whalen delights in Hillsdale College’s genuine devotion to the liberal arts, and in the College’s sincere commitment to the formation of the whole person through balanced and integrated study in its core curriculum.