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Peter Ramey

Peter Ramey is Associate Professor of English at Northern State University, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he teaches courses on medieval literature and linguistics. His research focuses on Old English poetry, and he has published articles in Modern Philology, Philological Quarterly, Review of English Studies, and other journals. He is currently completing The Wordhoard Beowulf, a translation and commentary that provides insight into the unique vocabulary of the Old English epic.

Articles by Peter Ramey

The Pandemic and the Primacy of the Household

We have been thrown back into our own small worlds, but these are worlds we are free to shape. Within the household we have considerable power over how our lives…