Dr. Price McMurray

Assistant Professor of English

Phone: 817: 531-4905
Email: pmcmurray@txwes.edu

Office Location: PMC 254

Academic Background:

Middlebury College, 1983, B.A., American Literature

Stanford University, 1983-84, Graduate Study, English

Yale University, 1985-89, Graduate Study, Italian

University of South Carolina, 1994, M.A., 2000, PhD., English

Academic Interests:

Dr. Price McMurray came to Wesleyan in 2001.  His teaching and research interests are eclectic, ranging from medieval Italian poetry to contemporary American fiction, and he is especially interested in the issues of literary influence and intertextuality.  He has contributed to a variety of academic journals, and his scholarship appears in critical collections such as Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism and Short Story Criticism; his essay “Aristotle on the Pinnacle: Paradise Regained and the Limits of Theory” was recently reprinted in John Milton: Bloom’s Modern Critical Views, one of a series of volumes comprising “a representative selection of the best contemporary criticism of the most studied poets, novelists, essayists, and playwrights of the Western world.” 

Currently, Dr. McMurray is preparing Contemporary American Fiction (ENG 4347) for the fall of 2006 and writing a book on the Hawthorne-Emerson relationship.  A member of the MLA, the Dante Society of America, and the Nathaniel Hawthorne Society, Dr. McMurray serves on the Admissions, Scholarships, and Financial Aid Committee at Wesleyan.  He also oversees The Rambler, Wesleyan’s student newspaper, and acts as faculty advisor for the Texas Wesleyan Democrats.

He regularly teaches the following courses:

ENG 1301 Composition and Rhetoric

ENG 1302 Composition and Literature

ENG 2301 Survey of World Literature I (Traditional & Online formats)

ENG 2302 Survey of World Literature II (Traditional & online formats)

ENG 2321 Survey of American Literature to 1865

ENG 2322 Survey of American Literature since 1865

ENG 3300A Style and Structure: Advanced Writing

ENG 4331 Studies in American Literature I

ENG 4332 Studies in American Literature II

ENG 4347 Contemporary American Fiction

ENG 4349 Special Topics: Science Fiction in Literature and Film

Personal Interests:

Dr. McMurray and his wife Teresa have two children, Elaine, 7, and Jack, 2.