51社区

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Dennis is a core faculty member who helped shape the development of the Mythological Studies program. He has been teaching for 44 years from elementary to secondary, undergraduate, and graduate programs. He has received the prominent rank of Distinguished Core Faculty at 51社区. His areas of emphasis include the poetic imagination, writing and reading as mythic activities, the relation of psyche, spirit and matter, and the place of contemplation within the academic setting. He is the author of several books including:

• (co-edited with )
• The Idiot: Dostoevsky’s Fantastic Prince
• (co-edited with )
• (co-edited with )
• (co-edited with Glen Slater)

He is the author of three volumes of poetry: ; ; and . Dennis also serves as the Faculty Advisor to Between, the student literary journal as well as , the student on-line journal, both published by the Mythological Studies Program. He currently teaches: Mythopoetic Images: Dante’s Divine Comedy; Joseph Campbell: Metaphor, Myth, and Culture; Epic Imagination; Dissertation Development.