Associate Professor, English Department
(Ph.D., University of Florida, 1969)
tel.: (607) 777-2646
fax.: (607) 777-2408
e-mail: mconlon@binghamton.edu
Areas of Interest
Restoration and 18th-century British literature
Early modern novel
Satire
Jonathan Swift
Current Projects
Anonymity and Authority in the Writings of Jonathan Swift
Performance in 18th Century Literature
Books and Recent Articles
"Teaching Parody in Eighteenth-Century Poetry,"
in Teaching Eighteenth-Century Literature
"The Rhetoric of Kairos in Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel,"
in Rhetoric and Religion in Augustan Literature
Review Article: The Prose Character of Richard Flecknore: A Critical Edition,
in English Literature 1660-1800: A Bibliography of Modern Studies
"Performance as Response in Swift's Gulliver's Travels,"
in Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism
"Performance in Swift''s Tale of a Tub,"
in Papers from the Second Munster Symposium on Jonathan Swift
"Literature and Performance in Eighteenth Century England,"
in Teaching the Eighteenth Century
"Original Swift: Anonymity, Parody and the Example of On Poetry: A Rhapsody," in Swift Studies
"Swift and Anglican Rationalism: A Retrospective View,"
in Swift Studies
"Anonymity and Authority in the Poetry of Jonathan Swift,"
in Eighteenth-Century Contexts: Historical Inquiries in Honor of Phillip Harth
Recent Courses Taught
18th Century Novel
British Literature
Swift
Performance & Literature in the 18th Century
Awards
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching 1978-79
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Teaching Competition Award 1995
