Dr. Wendell M. (Whit) Jones, Jr.
Professor of English
Academic Degrees
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Ph.D. English, University of North Carolina
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M.A. English, University of North Carolina
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B.A. English, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Professional Associations
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South Atlantic Modern Language Association
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Southeast Conference on Christianity and Literature
Selected Publications
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Biographical Sketches on Poet and Essayist Charles Woodmason and Poet John Beecher for Southern Writers: A Biographical Dictionary. LSU Press 2004.
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"Stoicism," "Honor," and "Town and Country" for The Companion to Southern Literature. LSU Press 2002
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"Holding Up the Revealing Lamp: The Myth of Psyche in Edith Wharton's The Reef." College Literature February 1992
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"The Poverty of Gnosticims or the Riches of Christ." Editorial in The Crucible: A Journal for Christian Graduate Students. Summer 1991
Topics of Expertise
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C.S. Lewis
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Child-Raising
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Husband-wife relationships
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Literary Theory
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Literature and psychology
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Milton
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Parenting
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Renaissance literature generally
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Shakespeare
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Southern Literature (Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Walker Percy, etc.)
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Stoicism
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The Concept of Honor
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The Novel
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Walker Percy
