 Robert B. Shaw
Professor of English
13
8 Park Street
(413) 538-2444
office hours: M 1:00-2:00 & T 11:00-12:00 & by appt.
rshaw@mtholyoke.edu
Education
A.B. Harvard University
M.Phil. Yale University
Ph.D. Yale University
Robert B. Shaw came to the Mount Holyoke English Department in 1983
after some years of teaching at Harvard and Yale. He is the author
of several
books of poetry and of a study of the poetry of John Donne and George
Herbert. His poems and articles appear frequently in American and
British
magazines.
He regularly teaches poetry writing as well as courses in a number
of areas of literature. His wife, Hilary Shaw, was for several years
the Fellowship Coordinator in the Mount Holyoke Career Development
Center and is now pursuing a career in social work. The Shaws have
two adult children, a daughter and a son. He is currently writing a
book on the history and use of blank verse.
Publications
Poetry collections
The Wonder of Seeing Double. U. Mass Press, 1988
The Post Office Murals Restored. Copper Beech Press, 1994
Below the Surface. Copper Beech Press, 1999
Solving for X. Ohio University Press, 2002
Prose
The Call of God: The Theme of Vocation in the Poetry of Donne
and Herbert. Cowley, 1981
Teaching Schedule 2007-2008
English
101f A Little Learning
English 345f Studies in American Literature: Faulkner & Modern Southern
Writing
English 200s Introduction to the Study of Literature
English 304s Verse Writing II
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