College of Charleston

Department of English

Erica Artiles

Faculty

Erica Artiles, Assistant Professor

Areas of interest   Contact Information
- Sixteenth-Century British literature
- Spenser
- English and Italian Romance
- The Early Modern household and economy
- Renaissance poetry and prose
  Office: 74 George St. #100
(843) 953-5655
artilese {at} cofc.edu

Profile

Dr. Artiles received her BA from St. Norbert College in De Pere, WI and then earned her MA and PhD at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN. She came to the College of Charleston in 2006 and teaches courses in composition as well as Renaissance poetry and prose. Dr. Artiles specializes in late Medieval and Early Modern Romances, especially Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. She is interested in literary representations of sixteenth century domesticity and the economy.

Recent Publications, Presentations, and Conferences

"The world is runne out of square": Spenser and the Decline of the Domestic Economy. Dissertation. Purdue U, 2006. Ann Arbor: UMI, 2006.

Mellon Research Delegate. "Culture Space and Power: Peopling the Built Environment in Renaissance England, c. 1450-1700." University of Warwick, Coventry UK. 9-22 July, 2006.

"Female Householders and Feminine Hospitality in The Faerie Queene." Spenser's Civilizations: International Spenser Conference. U of Toronto, Toronto. May 2006.

"The Value of Women in Alberti's Della Famiglia." Renaissance Comparative Prose Conference. Purdue University, West Lafayette. November, 2005.

 

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