James D. Garrison
James D. Garrison is an American literary scholar and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. His research primarily focuses on 18th-century British literature, rhetoric, and intersections between literature and law.
Education and Career
Garrison earned his B.A. from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He serves as a professor in the Department of English at UT Austin, where he has received recognition for teaching excellence.Publications
Dryden and the Tradition of PanegyricA Dangerous Liberty: Translating Gray's Elegy
''The American Sublime: The Genealogy of a Poetic Genre''
Research Interests
History of rhetoricLaw and literature