Edward Jones
Regents Professor
PhD, Ohio University
Areas of Interest & Expertise
John Milton and the English Civil War
17th-Century British Literature
Archival records of the English church, state, and parish
Diplomatic correspondence of the Commonwealth and Protectorate
Recent Courses Taught
Graduate Seminars:
Shakespeare: Performance, Publication, and Appropriation
Book History and Four Famous Renaissance Texts
Milton and the Restoration: Literature, Politics, Culture
Upper Division:
Shakespeare
Milton
Classical Mythology
The Bible as Literature
Selected Publications
A Concise Companion to the Study of Manuscripts, Printed Books, and the Production of Early Modern Texts: A Festschrift for Gordon Campbell. Ed. Edward Jones. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015.
"The Itinerant Sibling: Christopher Milton in London and Suffolk." A Concise Companion to the Study of Manuscripts, Printed Books, and the Production of Early Modern Texts: A Festschrift for Gordon Campbell. Ed. Edward Jones. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2015. 87-105.
Young Milton: The Emerging Author: 1620-1642. Ed. Edward Jones. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013.
"The Archival Landscape of Milton's Youth, University Years, and Pre-London Residencies." Young Milton: The Emerging Author, 1620-1642. Ed. Edward Jones. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2013. 3-20.
"Aldersgate Street," "Chalfont St Giles," "Eton," "Thomas Gataker," "Edward Goodall," "John Hales," "Hammersmith." The Milton Encyclopedia. Ed. Thomas Corns. New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 2012.
Selected Conference Presentations
"Evolving at what Cost? Scholarship in the Second Decade of the 21st Century." Modern Language Association Annual Convention. Austin, TX. January 2016.
"Political Diplomacy, Personal Conviction, and the Fraught Nature of Milton's Letters of State."Conference on John Milton. Murfreesboror, TN. October 2015.
"Miltons in Exeter." Eleventh International Milton Symposium. Exeter, England, July 2015.
"Milton's Letters of State: Diplomatic Experience and Political Conviction." Renaissance Society of America Meeting. Berlin, Germany, March 2015.
"Milton as Parishioner." (Invited Lecture) University of East Anglia, England, March 2015.
"Milton and Parish Records." (Invited Lecture) University of Exeter, England, March 2015.
"The Elusive Potential of Gregorio Leti's Collection of Milton's State Papers."British Milton Seminar. Birmingham, England, October 2014.
"Milton and Marvell as Writers of Diplomatic Letters." (Plenary Speaker) The Marvell Society Annual Meeting. Tucson, AZ, April 2014.
"Some Thoughts on the Milton Variorum."MLA Convention. Chicago, IL, 2014.
Awards and Recognition
Regents Distinguished Research Award, Oklahoma State University, 2015
Irene Samuel Memorial Award for the Most Distinguished Multi-author Collection on John Milton published in 2013, Milton Society of America, 2014
English Department Internal Research Release, Oklahoma State University, 2014
Joan Friedman Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2009
Carly and Lily Pforzheimer Fellowship, Harry Ransom Center, 2009
Phoenix Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Excellence, Oklahoma State University, 2008
English Graduate Student Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University, 2008
Faculty and Staff Appreciation Award, Oklahoma State University, 2007
Bibliographical Society of London, Madan Award, 2004
Bibliographical Society of America, Fredson Bowers Award, 2004
Faculty Mentor Award, Oklahoma State University, 2000
President's Service Award, Oklahoma State University, 1999
Regents Distinguished Teaching Award, Oklahoma State University, 1998
A&S Outstanding Professor Award, Oklahoma State University, 1996
A&S Outstanding Professor Award, Oklahoma State University, 1993
Professional Appointments
Regents Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2014
Elected Member, Northeast Milton Seminar,2011-
Professor, Oklahoma State University, 2010
Member (OSU Representative), Newberry Library Consortium Committee,2010-
Visiting Research Fellow, New College, Oxford, 2010
Member, Programme Committee, International Milton Symposia, 2005-
Editor, Milton Quarterly, 2005-
President, Milton Society of America, 2005
Vice President, Milton Society of America, 2004
Senior Editor, Milton Quarterly, 2002-04
Member, Executive Committee, Milton Society of America, 2001-03
Recent Grants
Scholar Research Grant, Oklahoma Humanities Council, 2013
Oklahoma State English Department Travel Grant to Collections, 2013
Newberry Library Research Travel Grant, 2011
A&S Travel Grant, Oklahoma State University, 2011
Newberry Library Research Grant, 2010
Current Research
Milton and the Parish Chest: Documentary Evidence and the Biographical Enterprise
Milton’s Letters of State, Volume 11, Oxford Complete Works of John Milton
Paradise Lost, Books 7 and 8 for the Milton Variorum
The Wiley John Milton Encyclopedia (3 vols), General Editor