Dr. John McDaniel
Professor
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts

Member, Graduate Faculty

Office: PH 216; Phone/Voice Mail: 898-2534

Formerly Chair of the English Department, Dr. McDaniel is Dean of the College of Liberal Arts (and MTSU's senior dean) but continues to teach courses on Shakespeare and in the Honors Program. He  authored the first book -length study of Philip Roth and translated a classic work of folklore into English from Italian.

Bibliography

• "The 'Blight' in Hopkins' 'Spring and Fall': A Reinterpretation." Xavier University Studies 9 (1970): 16-20.
• "Distinctive Features of Roth's Artistic Vision." In Harold Bloom, ed. Philip Roth. New York: Chelsea House, 1986: 107-118.
• The Fiction of Philip Roth. Haddonfield, NJ: Haddonfield House, 1974.
• Trans. The History of Folklore in Europe. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1981.
• "In Memoriam of Dr. Ralph Hyde." Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 55 (1992): 161-62.
• "Philip Roth: A Checklist, 1954-1973." Bulletin of Bibliography 31 (1974): 51-53.
• Review of William Betken's The Other Shakespeare: The Two Genlemen of Verona. Secol Review 7.1 (1983): 36-37.
• "The Revolt of Poetry." (trans.). Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin 31 (1973): 119-28.
• "The Teachings of Pitre" (trans). Journal of the Folklore Institute, 11.1-2 (1974): 123-39.