Gerard Wegemer
Gerard Wegemer
Gerard Wegemer
wegemer@udallas.edu
Gerard's Information
Education :

B.A. Assumption College, Philosophy
M.A. Boston College, Political Science
M.A. Georgetown University, English
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, English

Scholarship and Recent Publications :

Books

Thomas More Source Book. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, July, 2004.

Thomas More on Statesmanship. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America, 1996.

Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage. Princeton, NJ: Scepter Publishers, 1995.

Websites

Thomas More Studies. 7 February 2002 http://www.thomasmorestudies.org.


Articles

"What Holbein and Lockey Captured in The Family of Sir Thomas More: A Family 'furnished for the whole scope of human life.'" Moreana no. 173 (June 2008): 102-115.

"Thomas More's History of King Richard III: Educating Citizens for Self-Government." Thomas More Studies 2 (2007): 38-48.

"Henry VIII on Trial: Confronting Malice and Conscience in Shakepeare's All Is True." Renascence 52.2 (Winter 2000): 111-130.

"The Civic Humanism of Thomas More: Why Law Has Prominence over Rhetoric." Ben Jonson Journal 7 (2000): 187-198.

"Why Would a Christian Participate in Civic Life?: The Case of Thomas More." [On Book 1 of Utopia]. Logos 2.4 (Fall 1999): 68-81.

"The Political Philosophy of Sir Thomas More." In Saints, Sovereigns, and Scholars, ed. Robert A. Herrera, 135-145. NY: Peter Lang, 1993.

"The City of God in Thomas More's Utopia." Renascence 44.2 (Winter 1992): 115-135.

"Ciceronian Humanism in More's Utopia" Moreana no. 104 (Dec. 1990): 5-26.

"The Rhetoric of Opposition in Thomas More's Utopia: Giving Form to Competing Philosophies." Philosophy and Rhetoric 23.4 (Winter 1990): 288-306.

"Thomas More's Dialogue of Comfort: A Platonic Treatment of Statesmanship." Moreana nos.101-102 (May 1990): 55-64.

Recent Courses :

Literary Study I: Lyric
Shakespeare
Early Modern Literature
The English Renaissance
Thomas More
Perspectives on the Renaissance

Research Interests :

Thomas More
Shakespeare
English Renaissance

Contact Information :

English Department
Location: Braniff Graduate Building 310
Office Phone: 972-721-5327
wegemer@udallas.edu
Department :
English
Title :
"Professor, English"
Office Phone :
(972) 721-5327

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