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Biography:
| Frances McCormack read for her BA degree in English and Theology in
Maynooth from 1997-2000, and she completed her MA at UCD in 2001. She
moved to Trinity College Dublin to pursue a PhD, where she received a
Government of Ireland Scholarship from the IRCHSS for the duration of
her studies. After completing her PhD in 2003, she took a position as
Faculty of Arts Fellow in UCD, and moved to NUIG in 2004.
Frances also holds a Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge, a Diploma in Spanish, and an MA in Academic Practice from NUI Galway. In 2010, she won the President's Award for Teaching Excellence from NUI Galway, and in 2011, the National Award for Excellence in Teaching. She is currently Vice-Dean of Learning and Assessment in the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies. |
Research Interests
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Books
| McCormack, F. (2007) Chaucer and the Culture of Dissent: The Lollard Context and Subtext of the Parson's Tale. : Four Courts Press Dublin. [Details] |
| McCormack, F. (2011) Compunction and Shame in Old English Literature (In progress). [Details] |
Book Chapters
| McCormack, F., Cawsey,K., Harris,J. (2007) 'Transmission and Transformation in the Middle Ages' In: Four Courts Press Dublin. [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2007) 'Reading God: Visions and Revisions in Julian of Norwich's Revelations of Divine Love' In: Transmission and Transformation in the Middle Ages. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2010) 'Why sholde I sowen draf out of my fest?: Chaucer and the False Prophet Motif' In: Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin and John Flood (eds). Heresy and Orthodoxy in Early English Literature: 1350-1680. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2010) 'Chaucer and Lollardy' In: Helen Philips (eds). Chaucer and Religion. Cambridge: Boydell and Brewer. [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2011) 'The Later Greene: From Modernist to Moralist' In: Dermot Gilvary and Darren J. N. Middleton (eds). Dangerous Edges of Graham Greene: Journeys with Saints and Sinners. New York: Continuum. [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2012) 'Scatology or Eschatology? The Dangerous Beauty of Chaucer's Prioress' In: Cliodhna Carney and Frances McCormack (eds). New Voices in Chaucer. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2012) 'The Old Ways and the New: The Heterodoxy of Sir John Clanvowe's _The Two Ways_' In: Karen Hodder, Brendan O' Connell, Amanda Piesse (eds). The Two Ways: A Festschrift in Honour of John Scattergood. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Edited Books
| Cliodhna Carney, Frances McCormack (Ed.). (2012) New Voices in Chaucer. Dublin: Four Courts Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Frances McCormack (2012) 'Nothing but a Regret: The Doctrine of Compunction in the Catholic Novels of Graham Greene'. Religion & Literature, . [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Frances McCormack (2010) Scatology or Eschatology . In: Cliodhna Carney and Frances McCormack eds. Chaucer in Galway [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2013) Bloody Tears: Compunction and Shame in the Christ Poems . In: Ruth Kennedy and Jennifer Neville eds. Studies in the Exeter Book [Details] |
Conference Paper
| Frances McCormack (2006) 'The Old Ways and The New: The Heterodoxy of John Clanvowe's The Two Ways'. Age and Youth in Late Medieval and Early Modern Literature. Conference Paper [Details] |
| McCormack, F. (2007) 'Why sholde I sowen draf out of my fest?': Chaucer's Parson and the false-prophet motif. Literature and Heresy. Conference Paper [Details] |
| Kennedy, R., Neville J. (2009) 'Bloody Tears: Compunction and the Christ Poems'. LOMERS: 'Studies in the Exeter Book'. University of London: Conference Paper [Details] |
| McCormack, F. (2010) ‘Scatology or Eschtology? The Prioress’s Fake Relic’, delivered at Chaucer in Galway, 2010. Conference Paper [Details] |
| McCormack, F. (2010) ‘Blessed are those who mourn: Compunction and Shame in Old English Literature’, delivered at the IMC, Leeds, 2010. Conference Paper [Details] |
Invited papers
| Frances McCormack (2010) ‘Nothing but a Regret: The Doctrine of Compunction in the Catholic Novels of Graham Greene’, invited speaker at the Graham Greene International Festival, Berkhamsted, 2010. . Invited papers [Details] |
Other Item
| Frances McCormack (2007) Lexicographical consultant for Terence Patrick Dolan’s Dictionary of Hiberno-English (2nd ed.). Other Item [Details] |
Reviews
| McCormack, F. (2005) Julia Boffey and A.S.G. Edwards, A New Index of Middle English Verse (London: British Library, 2005). In press for Peritia. Reviews [Details] |
| McCormack, F. (2007) R. Allen Shoaf, Chaucer’s Body: The Anxiety of Circulation in the Canterbury Tales (Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 2001). Bulletin of International Medieval Research, 2007. . Reviews [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2007) R. Allen Shoaf, 'Chaucer's Body: The Anxiety of Circulation in the Catnerbury Tales'. Reviews [Details] |
| McCormack, F. (2007) David Raybin and Linda Tarte Holley, eds., Closure in The Canterbury Tales: The Role of the Parson’s Tale (Kalamazoo: Medieval Institute Publications, 2000). Bulletin of International Medieval Research, 2007. . Reviews [Details] |
| David Raybin and Linda Tarte Holley, eds. (2007) Closure in the Canterbury Tales: The Role of the Parson's Tale. Reviews [Details] |
| Frances McCormack (2010) British Library Manuscripts Series. In press for Peritia. . Reviews [Details] |
Workshops
| McCormack, F. (2006) ‘Reading God: Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love’. Lecture given to the Association of Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies, NUI Galway, February 2006. . Workshops [Details] |
| McCormack, F. (2006) ‘Shelta: The Language of the Irish Travellers’. Guest lecture given at UCD, April 2006. Workshops [Details] |
| McCormack, F. (2008) ‘Graham Greene’s Brighton Rock: from novel to film’. Guest Lecture given at Universidad de la Rioja, Logroño, May 2008. Workshops [Details] |