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John D. Niles

Academic Title: Professor

Name: John D. Niles

 

Department: Department of English

Department Website: http://www.wisc.edu/english/

Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison

 

Address: 7187 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706

 

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Expertise: Old and Middle English Language and Literature, especially Beowulf; comparative medieval literature (English, Old Norse, Celtic, Old French), comparative folklore and mythology; theory of oral literature and the workings of oral tradition, particularly with regard to oral epic poetry, the ballad, and contemporary singing and storytelling traditions in Scotland..

 

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