Background
Matthew Cannon Brennan was born on January 18, 1955, in Richmond Heights, Missouri, United States. He is the son of William J. and Suzanne (Simon) Brennan.
January 18, 1955 Richmond Heights, Missouri, United States
Brennan started his career working as a visiting assistant professor of English at the University of Minnesota from 1984 to 1985, and since then he has taught at Indiana State University, first as an assistant professor of English, then as an associate, and since 1992, as a professor of English there.
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Brennan received his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He then also earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1984, specializing in English. From 1984 to 1985, Brennan worked there as a visiting assistant professor of English.
1115 8th Ave, Grinnell, IA 50112, USA
Brenna graduated from Grinnell College with a bachelor's degree in 1977.
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Brennan received his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He then also earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1984, specializing in English. From 1984 to 1985, Brennan worked there as a visiting assistant professor of English.
200 N 7th St, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA
Since 1985, Brennan has taught at Indiana State University, first as an assistant professor of English, then as an associate, and since 1992, as a professor of English there.
(The Gothic Psyche offers close readings of poems by Coler...)
The Gothic Psyche offers close readings of poems by Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron and Keats, and novels such as Frankenstein and Dracula, as well as analyses of paintings by Turner and Fuseli.
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1997
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A classic Irish sea adventure translated from Latin prose into sparkling verse. Presented in a handcrafted letterpress edition printed on antique presses with Mohawk Vellum.
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2008
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The Poet's Holy Craft represents the first full-length analysis and interpretation of William Gilmore Simms's poetry.
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2012
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It's a book of a spare and dark American love and loss, where leaves glint "coldly/like fluorescent bulbs about to burn out," but the shadow here is always considered, touched with beauty, and well-earned.
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2016
Matthew Cannon Brennan was born on January 18, 1955, in Richmond Heights, Missouri, United States. He is the son of William J. and Suzanne (Simon) Brennan.
Brenna graduated from Grinnell College with a bachelor's degree in 1977 and received his master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1980. He then also earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1984, specializing in English.
Brennan started his career working as a visiting assistant professor of English at the University of Minnesota from 1984 to 1985, and since then he has taught at Indiana State University, first as an assistant professor of English, then as an associate, and since 1992, as a professor of English there.
A professor of English and creative writing, Matthew Brennan has successfully combined his roles as poet and literary scholar. He is the author of two previous collections of poems, Seeing in the Dark (1993) and The Music of Exile (1994), as well as the verse-narrative The Sea-Crossing of Saint Brendan (2008). His poems have appeared widely in such publications as Poetry Ireland Review, Notre Dame Review, South Dakota Review, Poet Lore, Sewanee Review, and Blue Unicorn.
During his career, Brennan has also written two critical studies—Wordsworth, Turner, and Romantic Landscape (1987) and The Gothic Psyche (1997)—and has contributed articles and reviews to South Carolina Review, South Atlantic Quarterly, Sewanee Review, Georgia Review, The Wordsworth Circle, English Language Notes, and other journals.
(It's a book of a spare and dark American love and loss, w...)
2016(The Gothic Psyche offers close readings of poems by Coler...)
1997(The Poet's Holy Craft represents the first full-length an...)
2012(A classic Irish sea adventure translated from Latin prose...)
2008Brennan is a member of the Institute for Evolutionary Psychology, Indiana College English Association, Indianapolis Writers’ Center, Wordsworth-Coleridge Association and Phi Beta Kappa.
Brenna was married Laura L. Fredendall from 1977 to 1987 when the couple decided to get divorced. He then married Beverley Simms on May 21, 1994, with whom he has one son, Daniel William. They live in Terre Haute.