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: Not Teaching Summer 2013

Student Consultations:
By appointment only

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