Dr. Grant Williams

Biography

Grant Williams is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Carleton University. His academic work focuses on Early Modern Rhetoric and Literature, particularly as it intersects with psychology and cognition. He has contributed significantly to the field, examining memory, arts, and the literature of the Renaissance period. His research projects include investigations into Renaissance blazons, which are poetic catalogues that praise beauty and desire, as well as explorations into the rhetorical exemplum, a short narrative used to illustrate moral principles. Williams has coedited several critical anthologies and his recent publications include works on the embodied imagination in Early Modern literature and the intersection of death and memory in Renaissance England. He actively participates in academic discourse through presentations at conferences, where he discusses topics ranging from virtue ethics in early modern literature to the cognitive work of rhetorical devices. Williams teaches graduate courses on subjects related to production and authorship in literature, with a focus on Renaissance love arts and the works of Shakespeare.

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