#  Daniel Donoghue 

John P. Marquand Professor of English

(On leave Fall 2025) 

*Currently accepting graduate student advisees

 

 

 



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 smartphone [617-495-2505](tel:617-495-2505) 

 email <dgd@wjh.harvard.edu> 

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Education: B.A., University of Dallas (1978)  
M.Phil., University College Dublin (1981)  
Ph.D., Yale (1986)

Interests: Old English; Middle English; History of the Language, Medievalism, Cognitive Literary Studies, Digital Humanities, Comedy.

Selected Works: How the Anglo-Saxons Read Their Poems (2018); Old English: A Short Introduction (2004); Lady Godiva:The History of a Legend (2003); Beowulf: A Verse Translation, ed. (2002); Style in Old English Poetry (1987).

I am happy to reach out to first-generation students or anyone who feels less than welcome at Harvard.

[C.V.](https://english.fas.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum1611/files/2025-02/Donoghue%2C%20Daniel_cv_1_2025.pdf)



 

 

 





 

 

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