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Benjamin Railton

Contact Information:
Room: Miller Hall, Room 21B
Phone: 978-665-4805
Email: brailton@fsc.edu

Office Hours: Mon. & Wed. 12:30 - 1:45 p.m.

Education:

  • B.A. Harvard University, History and Literature (American), Magna Cum Laude
  • M.A. Harvard University, History and Literature (American), Magna Cum Laude
  • Ph.D. Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, English (American Literature)

Courses Taught:

  • American Literature I ~ Exploration to Civil War
  • American Literature II ~ Civil War to Present
  • Writing I & II
  • Ethnic American Literature
  • American Novel to 1950
  • Senior Seminar: America in the Gilded Age
  • Introduction to Science Fiction and Fantasy
  • Major American Authors of the Twentieth Century
  • American Historical Literature (graduate)
  • American Art and Literature, 1800-1860 (graduate)