Eric D Larson
Eric D Larson
Adjunct Faculty
Writing and Rhetoric
Eric Larson has been an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University since 2016. He received his PhD from the University of Arkansas and previously served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1999 to 2007. He also currently works full time as a writer/editor with the federal government.
Selected Publications
“The Eighteenth-Century Chaucer and the Rewriting of English History.” The CEA Critic. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Courses Taught
English 101, Composition
English 201, Reading and Writing About Texts
English 302B, Advanced Composition in Business
English 302M, Advanced Composition in Multidisciplinary Studies
English 302N, Advanced Composition in Technology and the Natural Sciences
Education
Ph.D., British Literature, University of Arkansas, 2016
M.A., English Literature, University of Arkansas, 2010
M.S., Logistics Management, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2003
B.S., English, United States Air Force Academy, 1999
Recent Presentations
"The Eighteenth-Century Chaucer and the Modernizer’s Exalted Voice." Greenville, South Carolina. Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, March 2024.
“The Eighteenth-Century Chaucer and the Rewriting of English History.” San Antonio, Texas. College English Association, March 2023.
“From the Mystical to the Mundane: Modernizations of Chaucer’s Franklin’s Tale in the Eighteenth Century.” Fort Myers, Florida. Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, February 2022.
“Chaucer’s Nun’s Priest’s Tale and the Framing of Dryden’s Fables.” Vancouver, Washington. Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, October 2013.
“Amphitryon’s ‘Country Gentleman’; Or, Sosia’s Two Stomachs.” Charleston, South Carolina. Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, March 2013.
“People, Property, and Food in Frances Sheridan’s The History of Nourjahad.” San Antonio, Texas. American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, March 2012.