James D. Garrison

James D. Garrison is an American literary scholar and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His research primarily focuses on 18th-century British literature, rhetoric, and intersections between literature and law.

Education and Career

Garrison earned his B.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He serves as a professor in the Department of English at UT Austin, where he has received recognition for teaching excellence.Faculty profile at UT Austin

Publications

Dryden and the Tradition of Panegyric (1975)Garrison, James D. (1975). Dryden and the Tradition of Panegyric. University of California Press.

A Dangerous Liberty: Translating Gray's Elegy (2009)Garrison, James D. (2009). A Dangerous Liberty: Translating Gray's Elegy. University of Delaware Press.

The American Sublime: The Genealogy of a Poetic Genre (2018)Garrison, James D. (2018). The American Sublime: The Genealogy of a Poetic Genre. Cambridge University Press.

Research Interests

18th-century British literature

History of rhetoric

Law and literature

Honors

University Distinguished Teaching Professor, UT Austin

External links

1. Faculty profile at UT Austin

2. Official curriculum vitae at UT site