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J Taylor

Professor of English

English

Degree

PhD in English

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

MA in American and English Literature

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

BA in English

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

Published Works

  • Taylor, H. J., Taylor, A. L. (2023). Book Review: Mark McGivern, Tolkien’s Hidden Pictures: Anthroposophy and the Enchantment in Middle-Earth. New York: Lindisfarne Books, 2023.. Journal of Inklings Studies, https://doi.org/10.3366/ink.2023.0204
  • Taylor, H. J. (2023). "A Fable" by Owen Barfield. , https://www.owenbarfield.org/read-online/short-stories/
  • Taylor, H. J. (2023). Lady, Be Careful! a play in three Acts by Owen Barfield. , https://www.owenbarfield.org/read-online/plays/
  • Taylor, H. J. (2020). Owen Barfield - The Tower: Major Poems and Plays. ,
  • Taylor, H. J. (2019). The Quest of the Sangreal. Barfield Press, https://www.owenbarfield.org/read-online/the-quest-of-the-sangreal/
  • Taylor, H. J., Taylor, A. L. . Owen Barfield and the Contours of Meaning. (). .
  • Barfield, O., Taylor, H. J., Taylor, A. L. (2017). The Unicorn; a poem in four parts. Barfield Press, www.owenbarfield.org/the-unicorn/
  • Taylor, H. J. (2016). "The Dutch Translations of Boethius’s De consolatione philosophiae" . (). Medieval Institute Publications.
  • Barfield, O., Taylor, H. J., Taylor, A. L. (2016). Angels at Bay: Three Plays by Owen Barfield. Barfield Press, www.owenbarfield.org/angels-at-bay/
  • Gorlach, L. M., Taylor, H. J., Taylor, A. L. (2016). The Hebrew Translations of Boethius's "De consolatione philosophiae.". (pp 125-143). Medieval Institute Publications. www.isdistribution.com/BookDetail.aspx?aId=64796
  • Taylor, H. J., Taylor, A. L. (2016). The Influence of Boethius De Consolatione Philosophiae on John Milton's Paradise Lost. (pp 203). Edwin Mellen Press.
  • Taylor, H. J. (2015). "Musgrove, Laurence. Local Bird. Beaumont, TX: Lamar U Press, 2015". JAEPL: The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, www.iup.edu/english/centers/aepl/jaepl/
  • Taylor, H. J. (2012). "A Fascinating but Frustrating Study of Marlowe's Drama and Its Historical Contexts." . Quidditas , humanities.byu.edu/rmmra/
  • Taylor, H. J. (2009). "The Dutch Consolatio Tradition" . Carmina Philosophiae: Journal of the International Boethius Society, 187-64. .
  • Taylor, H. J. (2007). "Semantic Social Games and the Game of Life in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Arrow-Odd’s Saga." . Medieval Forum , 6prox. 14 pp. www.sfsu.edu/~medieval/Volume6/taylor.html.
  • Gorlach, L. M., Taylor, H. J., Taylor, A. L. (2007). The Hebrew Translation of the Consolatio Philosophiae . Journal of the International Boethius Society,
  • Taylor, H. J. (2006). Four Levels of Meaning in the York Cycle of Mystery Plays: A Study in Medieval Allegory. (pp 115 pp). Edwin Mellen Press.
  • Taylor, H. J. (2004). "Synthetic Tensions: Kenneth Burke’s Pentad Meets Mary Douglas’s Grid/Group Cosmology." . KB Journal, www.kbjournal.org/taylor_st
  • Taylor, H. J. (2002). "Asking the Right Questions: Helping Mainstream Students Understand Other Cultures." . ERIC, eric.ed.gov/
  • Taylor, H. J., Isberner, R. F. (1997). "Integrating Postsecondary Academic and Technical Curricula.". ATEA Journal, (Feb/Mar 1997), 6-8. .
  • Taylor, H. J. (1996). "Computers: Tools of Oppression, Tools of Liberation.". ERIC.

Research Interests

Further research in the Owen Barfield Archive at Oxford University.

Office Hours

Summer 2025 (Online via Teams): Mon 10:00 to 11:00 am; Thurs 12:00 to 1:00 pm. Email for a link.