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William Miller is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Rochester. He holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University and specializes in 17th- and 18th-century literature, focusing on intersections with history, philosophy, and religion. His research examines how early modern prophetic culture influenced Enlightenment concepts of rationality and political legitimacy. He teaches courses such as 'Great Books: Welcome to a Strange New Place' and 'The Bible in English.'
- Office: 410 Morey Hall
- Email: william.miller@rochester.edu
His current book project, Counter-Enthusiasms, explores the transformation of revelation and political authority in early English Enlightenment thought. His scholarship appears in New Literary History, Renaissance Drama, and Studies in Philology.
Miller's publications analyze texts through interdisciplinary lenses, blending literary analysis with historical and philosophical inquiry. Recent work engages with metaphysical poetry, religious autobiography, and the rhetoric of Enlightenment thinkers.
No grants or lab affiliations are explicitly noted in available materials.
