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William Weaver serves as Professor of Literature and Director of the Great Texts program at Baylor University, specializing in Renaissance Humanism, Early Modern English Poetry, Classical Tradition, and History of Rhetoric with a focus on sixteenth-century European textual reception.
Education:
- Ph.D. from Columbia University
- M.A. from Columbia University
- B.A. from Vanderbilt University
His research investigates how Great Texts narrate contemporary and historical reader identities, particularly through Renaissance humanist practices like imitation. Current work examines Philip Melanchthon's transformation of liberal arts rhetoric and explores anger's literary representations across eras, including a chapter on classical-Reformation oath swearing for the "Angry Words: A Rhetoric of Anger" project.
Publications from 2011-2022 reveal consistent engagement with Melanchthon's rhetorical innovations, classical reception during the Reformation, and early modern poetic forms. His scholarship bridges literary analysis, rhetorical history, and religious studies, demonstrating interdisciplinary rigor through studies of verse divisions, epyllion structures, and humanist educational frameworks.
No scientific awards are documented in available sources.
Student advising details and grant information are not specified in current records, though Weaver actively mentors through the Great Texts program and taught the inaugural "Principles of the Liberal Arts" course in Fall 2022.
