Assistant Professor

Office

Humanities 236E
Loyola University Maryland
4501 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210

Phone:
Fax: (410) 617-2702
tdmichael@loyola.edu

Education

• Ph.D Harvard University
• B.A. New York University

Academic Profile

Timothy Michael is a scholar, critic, and teacher of British Romanticism.  Related research and teaching interests include eighteenth-century literature and philosophy, lyric poetry of all ages, German and American Transcendentalism, and literary criticism and theory. In his teaching, Professor Michael is particularly interested in the kinds of aesthetic pleasure that literature, especially poetry, can produce.

He is currently at work on a book entitled British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason.

Recent publications have appeared in Studies in Romanticism and Critical Inquiry.

Prior to coming to Loyola, Professor Michael was a member of the Society of Fellows at the University of Chicago.

Courses Taught

• EN101 Understanding Literature
• EN350 The Romantic Movement

Other Interests

Egyptian literature and politics; walking in New England; jazz and other roots music; playing the drums, mandolin, and fiddle poorly.