Maud Burnett McInerney

Maud Burnett McInerney is a Professor of English and Chair of Comparative Literature at Haverford College. She teaches courses on Arthurian literature, epic poetry, the Apocalypse, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, modern Celtic poetry, and Science Fiction. Her research explores intersections of medieval literature, translation studies, and queer theory.

• B.A., University of Toronto
• M.A. and Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Her scholarly work focuses on temporality in medieval narratives, particularly in Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Roman de Troie, and examines queer temporalities in classical reception within medieval literature. She also investigates medieval masculinities, gender dynamics in Arthurian texts, and the symbolism of religious and mystical themes in Middle English and Old French works.

McInerney's publications span from 1993 to 2021, reflecting trends in medieval literature analysis, Arthurian studies, translation theory, and gender/queer theory. She has contributed to edited volumes and journals such as Arthuriana and New Medieval Literatures, often addressing topics like chivalric identity, classical influences, and mystical representations.

She has directed senior theses for English and Comparative Literature students on diverse topics including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Derek Walcott, Hamlet, graphic novels, and opium narratives. Additionally, she edited Hildegard of Bingen: A Book of Essays (1998), contributing to studies on medieval mysticism and encyclopedic texts.