Dr. John N Wall

Professor

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• Email: jnwall@ncsu.edu
• Phone: 919-515-4162
• Office: Tompkins Hall 252
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  Tompkins Hall 252, Box 8105
  NCSU Campus
  Raleigh, NC 27695

Biography

A native of North Carolina, Dr. Wall has been a member of the NC State faculty since 1973.

In addition to his scholarly research and teaching responsibiliteis in the field of early modern English literature, Dr. Wall has served the university by chairing its Reaccreditation Self-Study and by co-chairing the faculty committee that successfuly petitioned the national Phi Beta Kappa organization to grant NC State the right to host a Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, all in the mid-1990's.

Dr. Wall also served as Founding Director of the University Honors Program in the early 2000's. He was awarded the Holladay Medal for Excellence in 2003.

Interests

Dr. Wall's fields of inquiry in his research and scholarship include early modern English literature, religion and literature, and the digital humanities.

Projects

Dr. Wall is currently engaged in the writing of a book-length manuscript John Donne in 1623: The Maturing of a Vocation which will trace the development of Donne's career as a priest of the Church of England and examine his writings as a priest in the context of the practice of worship and spirituality in the Chruch of England.

Funded Research

 The Virtual Paul's Cross Project, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, will use architectural modeling software and acoustic simulation software to recreate the acoustic properties of Paul’s Churchyard.  This recreation will enable us to explore the experience of listening to sermons delivered in the open air at a spot where large crowds gathered on Sundays to hear Royal policy in religious matters defended and post-Reformation changes in English religious life promoted.

Learn more by visiting the Project's Website and the Project's Blog.

Publications

John N. Wall, “The Irregular Ordination of John Donne.” John Donne Journal 27 (2008), 81-102.

_______,  “John Donne and the Practice of Priesthood.” Renaissance Papers 2007 (2008), 1-16.

_______,  “Situating Donne’s Dedication Sermon at Lincoln’s Inn, 22 May 1623.” JDJ 26

                       (2007), 159-239.

_______, “That Holy Roome”: John Donne and the Conduct of Worship at St. Paul’s.” RP (2006),

                       61-84.

 _______,“Crashaw, Catholicism, and Englishness: Defining Religious Identity.” RP (2005),

                        107-126.

_______, “John Donne Practices Law: The Case of the Brentwood School.”  JDJ 23 (2005),

                         257-297.

Education

• PhD in English Literature from Harvard Universisty, 1973