Dr. Stephen Mirarchi

Stephen Mirarchi (Ph.D., Brandeis University) is Associate Professor of English. He is the author of the annotated Mr. Blue (Cluny Media, 2016) and four other books from Cluny Classics, a line of reprinted Catholic books with updated, scholarly introductions. He has published academic articles on Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Crane, Louise Gl眉ck, Robert Pinsky, Fran莽ois Mauriac, J.R.R. Tolkien, Dean Koontz, and Raymond Carver. He has also written numerous book reviews and popular articles for the St. Austin Review, the National Catholic Register, Crisis, EpicPew, and the Boston Globe. He and his wife live in Atchison with their daughter.

CLASSES

Modern Catholic Fiction

European Catholic Fiction

Edgar Allan Poe

Spirituality and Literature

American Literature up to the Civil War

American Literature after the Civil War

Freshman Composition

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Brandeis University

Additional post-doctoral work in Catholic theology and spirituality at Kenrick School of Theology and Creighton University

RESEARCH SPECIALTIES & INTERESTS

Catholic fiction, early American literature, religion and literature

PUBLICATIONS

Academic Publications

鈥淭he Paradox of Powerlessness in Robert Pinsky鈥檚 Early Jesus Poems.鈥澛�Christianity and Literature, forthcoming.

鈥淣ot Magic Rope: Intellect, Will, and Assent in Tolkien鈥檚聽The Lord of the Rings.鈥澛�St. Austin Review, forthcoming.

Review of聽St. Peter鈥檚 B-list, edited by Mary Ann B. Miller.聽St. Austin Review, forthcoming.

鈥淗umility, Obedience, Communion: Raymond Carver鈥檚 Religious Revisions.鈥澛�St. Austin Review聽14:6 (November/December 2014): 25-8.

Review of聽Terrapin, by T. M. Doran.聽St. Austin Review聽14:4 (July/August 2014): 34-5.

鈥淎 Dilating Soul: Unexpected Grace in Stephen Crane’s聽The Red Badge of Courage.鈥澛�The Red Badge of Courage, Ignatius Critical Edition, ed. Mary R. Reichardt. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2012. 243-59.

Review of聽Toward the Gleam, by T. M. Doran.聽FCS Quarterly聽34:4 (Winter 2011): 61.

鈥淲itnessing the New Humanity in Healing Social Networking鈥檚 Ills.鈥澛�Seminary Journal聽13:1 (Spring 2007): 104-107.

鈥淐onditions of Possibility: Religious Revision in Raymond Carver鈥檚 鈥楥athedral鈥�.鈥澛�Religion and the Arts聽2:3 (1998): 299-310.

鈥溾�楥athedral鈥� by Raymond Carver: A Variorum Edition.鈥� Editor.聽Religion and the Arts聽2:2 (1998): 279-298.

Popular Publications

鈥淟et There Be Light on the Antichrist: C.S. Lewis and Temptation.鈥澛�National Catholic Register聽6 June 2010, 7.

鈥淪piritual Consolation Along聽The Road: Cormac McCarthy and Spiritual Discernment.鈥澛�National Catholic Register聽18 October 2009, 7.

Review of聽No One Sees God: The Dark Night of Atheists and Believers, by Michael Novak.聽National Catholic Register聽23 August 2009.

Review of聽Again to Carthage, by John L. Parker, Jr.聽Running Times聽March 2008.

鈥淲hen All the Horses Are Too Pretty: Cormac McCarthy in Film.鈥澛�Boston Globe聽21 January 2001, F4.

PRESENTATIONS

鈥淓dgar Allan Poe鈥檚 Black Masses.鈥� Paper presented at the annual Symposium for Advancing the New Evangelization, 小草影院, Atchison, KS, 22 March 2014.

鈥淟ove of Mary, Horror of God: The Catholic Influence in Edgar Allan Poe.鈥� Paper presented at the faculty colloquium series, 小草影院, Atchison, KS, 19 March 2014.

鈥淣ot Magic Rope: Intellect, Will, and Materialism in Tolkien’s聽Lord of the Rings.鈥� Paper presented at the annual conference of the Florida College English Association, Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City, FL, 12 October 2012.

鈥淪trengthening the Bonds of Unity from聽Blue Man Group听迟辞听Watchmen.鈥� Paper presented as part of the Lenten Reflections series鈥攖hirty-minute lectures鈥攖o faculty and staff of Jesuit High School, Tampa, FL, 9 March 2009.

鈥淭ears in the Liturgy: Lachrymosity in the聽Missale Romanum聽since 1962.鈥� Paper presented at the annual conference of the Society for Catholic Liturgy, Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, OH, 22 September 2007.