Dorsey Armstrong

S. Dorsey "Dorrie" Armstrong (born 1970) is an American Arthurian scholar who is a Professor of English and Medieval Literature at Purdue University. Before joining the English department at Purdue in 2002, she taught at Centenary College of Louisiana and California State University, Long Beach. Her research interests include medieval women writers; late medieval print culture; and the Arthurian legend.

Education

Armstrong holds a B.A. in English literature and creative writing at Stanford University and a Ph.D. in medieval literature at Duke University.[1]

Works

Her book Gender and the Chivalric Community in Sir Thomas Malory's "Morte d'Arthur" was published by University Press of Florida in 2003,[2] and widely reviewed.[3][4][5][6] Her translation of Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur: A Modern English Translation, was published by Parlor Press in 2009,[7] has been reviewed[8] and is held in over 4500 WorldCat libraries.[9] She became editor in chief of the academic journal Arthuriana in January 2009. Armstrong's work Mapping Malory: Regional Identities and National Geographies in Le Morte Darthur, written in collaboration with Kenneth Hodges, explores the role played by geography in Malory's works. Armstrong has won numerous awards for rigorous and engaged teaching style^[citation needed]. She has taped six lecture series for The Teaching Company, five of them on the medieval world and another on writing.[10]

Personal life

Armstrong is the daughter of former Seattle Mariners president, Purdue and Stanford alumnus, Chuck Armstrong.[11]

References

1. Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University College of Liberal Arts
2. Armstrong, Dorsey (2003). Gender and the Chivalric Community of Malory's Morte d'Arthur. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-2686-2.
3. Review, The Modern Language Review, April 2005, vol. 100, no. 2, pp. 477–79 [1]
4. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology Oct 2005 v104 i4 p. 570(3)
5. Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies Oct 2005 v80 i4 pp. 1229–31
6. CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries May 2004 v41 i9 p. 1660(2)
7. Malory, Sir Thomas (2009). Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur: A New Modern English Translation Based on the Winchester Manuscript. Parlor Press. ISBN 978-1-60235-103-5.
8. Reference & Research Book News (November 1, 2009 ; ISBN 1-60235-103-1 )
9. Malory, Thomas; Armstrong, Dorsey (2009). Sir Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur: a new modern English translation based on the Winchester manuscript. West Lafayette, Ind.: Parlor Press. ISBN 978-1-60235-103-5. OCLC 405107550.
10. "The Great Courses". www.thegreatcourses.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-20. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
11. Divish, Ryan (25 November 2013). "Chuck Armstrong retires as Mariners team president". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

External links

• Biography on Purdue website Archived 2016-12-21 at the Wayback Machine