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John G. Peters

Title: Professor

Department: English

College: College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

  • PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1996
    Major: English
    Dissertation: Joseph Conrad and the Epistemology of Impressionism
  • MPhil, Columbia University, 1988
    Major: English and Comparative Literature
  • MA, Brigham Young University, 1984
    Major: English
    Dissertation: Of Broken Glass and Burnt Offerings: An Essay Concerning the Origins and Transmission of World View in Mythic Literature
  • BA, Brigham Young University, 1982
    Major: English and Philosophy

Current Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2025
ENGL 6410.001Seminar in British or Irish Literature and Culture, 1780 to the PresentFall 2024
ENGL 3450.001Short StoryFall 2024 Syllabus

Previous Scheduled Teaching

ENGL 4420.001PoetrySpring 2024 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4420.301PoetrySpring 2024 SPOT
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsFall 2023 Syllabus
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5800.001Studies in Literary GenresFall 2023 SPOT
ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4500.001British FictionSpring 2023 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5760.001Scholarly and Critical WritingSpring 2023 SPOT
ENGL 5760.601Scholarly and Critical WritingSpring 2023 SPOT
ENGL 3000.001Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6410.001Seminar in British or Irish Literature and Culture, 1780 to the PresentFall 2022 SPOT
ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4420.001PoetrySpring 2022 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.001Short StoryFall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4420.001PoetrySpring 2021 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3440.003British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2020 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3000.004Introduction to Literary Analysis and Interpretation SkillsFall 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4420.001PoetrySummer 5W2 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3440.001British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 5950.740Master's ThesisSpring 2019
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2019 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2018
ENGL 5950.740Master's ThesisFall 2018
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsFall 2018
ENGL 5900.740Special ProblemsFall 2018
ENGL 3910.001Special Studies in LiteratureFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4842.001Studies in British ModernismFall 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4420.001PoetrySummer 5W2 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4500.001British FictionSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchSpring 2018
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2018
ENGL 4300.001Modern DramaSpring 2018 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchFall 2017
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2017
ENGL 6410.002Seminar in British or Irish Literature and Culture, 1780 to the PresentFall 2017 SPOT
ENGL 4842.001Studies in British ModernismFall 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4420.001PoetrySummer 5W2 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchSpring 2017
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2017
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3910.001Special Studies in LiteratureSpring 2017 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchFall 2016
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2016
ENGL 4420.001PoetryFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4435.001Studies in Victorian LiteratureFall 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchSpring 2016
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2016
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Spring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 4842.001Studies in Modernist LiteratureSpring 2016 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2015
ENGL 4300.001Modern DramaFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 3450.001Short StoryFall 2015 Syllabus SPOT
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2015
ENGL 4951.732Honors College Capstone ThesisSpring 2015
ENGL 6410.001Seminar in British or Irish Literature and Culture, 1780 to the PresentSpring 2015
ENGL 3440.001British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2014
ENGL 4450.001Special Studies in a Single or Dual Author(s)Fall 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 2210.001Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early RenaissanceSummer 5W1 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2014
ENGL 5540.001Studies in Twentieth Century British or Irish Literature and CultureSpring 2014
ENGL 3911.001Topics in British LiteratureSpring 2014 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2013
ENGL 3450.001Short StoryFall 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 2220.001Masterpieces of world literature since the RenaissanceSummer 5W2 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2013
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2013
ENGL 3450.001Short StorySpring 2013 Syllabus
ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2012
ENGL 3911.002Topics in British LiteratureFall 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 2210.001Masterpieces of world literature from the Ancients Through the Early RenaissanceSummer 5W1 2012
ENGL 5900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2012
ENGL 3440.002British and Anglophone Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2012 Syllabus
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2012
ENGL 5540.001Studies in Twentieth Century British or Irish Literature and CultureSpring 2012
ENGL 5540.791Studies in Twentieth Century British or Irish Literature and CultureSpring 2012
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2011
ENGL 4951.040Honors College Capstone ThesisFall 2011
ENGL 5950.740Master's ThesisFall 2011
ENGL 2220.009Masterpieces of world literature since the RenaissanceFall 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsFall 2011
ENGL 5800.001Studies in Literary GenresFall 2011
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSummer 5W2 2011
ENGL 2220.001Masterpieces of world literature since the RenaissanceSummer 5W1 2011
ENGL 5900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2011
ENGL 5900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2011
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2011
ENGL 5950.740Master's ThesisSpring 2011
ENGL 5760.001Scholarly and Critical WritingSpring 2011
ENGL 5900.740Special ProblemsSpring 2011
ENGL 3911.001Topics in British LiteratureSpring 2011 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchFall 2010
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2010
ENGL 5950.740Master's ThesisFall 2010
ENGL 3440.002Studies in British Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2010 Syllabus
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchSummer 5W1 2010
ENGL 6944.740Directed ResearchSummer 5W2 2010
ENGL 5900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2010
ENGL 4500.001British FictionSpring 2010
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchSpring 2010
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2010
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsSpring 2010
ENGL 5540.001Studies in Twentieth Century British LiteratureSpring 2010
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchFall 2009
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2009
ENGL 5760.001Scholarly and Critical WritingFall 2009
ENGL 2220.001Masterpieces of world literature since the RenaissanceSummer 5W1 2009
ENGL 5760.001Scholarly and Critical WritingSummer 5W1 2009
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchSpring 2009
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2009
ENGL 4500.002British FictionFall 2008
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2008
ENGL 5910.740Special ProblemsFall 2008
ENGL 5540.001Studies in Twentieth Century British LiteratureFall 2008
ENGL 2220.001Masterpieces of world literature since the RenaissanceSummer 5W1 2008
ENGL 5760.001Scholarly and Critical WritingSummer 5W1 2008
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2008
PHIL 4960.004Proseminar in PhilosophySpring 2008
ENGL 4800.003Special Seminar in Literature or LanguageSpring 2008
ENGL 3440.002Studies in British Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2008
ENGL 4500.002British FictionFall 2007
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2007
ENGL 5490.001Studies in the Twentieth Century British NovelFall 2007
ENGL 2220.001Masterpieces of world literature since the RenaissanceSummer 5W1 2007
ENGL 5900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2007
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2007
ENGL 3440.001Studies in British Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2007
ENGL 5200.002Studies in British Literature of the Victorian PeriodSpring 2007
ENGL 6941.740Directed ResearchFall 2006
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationFall 2006
ENGL 3440.001Studies in British Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2006
ENGL 5540.001Studies in Twentieth Century British LiteratureFall 2006
ENGL 3450.001Short StorySummer 5W2 2006
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W1 2006
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2006
ENGL 5900.740Special ProblemsSummer 5W2 2006
ENGL 6944.740Directed ResearchSpring 2006
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsSpring 2006
ENGL 5910.740Special ProblemsSpring 2006
ENGL 3440.002Studies in British Literature 1780 to the PresentSpring 2006
ENGL 5490.001Studies in the Twentieth Century British NovelSpring 2006
ENGL 3450.001Short StoryFall 2005
ENGL 3440.001Studies in British Literature 1780 to the PresentFall 2005
ENGL 5490.001Studies in the Twentieth Century British NovelFall 2005
ENGL 6950.740Doctoral DissertationSpring 2005
ENGL 3450.002Short StorySpring 2005
ENGL 3450.004Short StorySpring 2005
ENGL 5540.001Studies in Twentieth Century British LiteratureSpring 2005
ENGL 4500.002British FictionFall 2004
ENGL 4900.740Special ProblemsFall 2004
ENGL 5490.001Studies in the Twentieth Century British NovelFall 2004

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book

  • Peters, J.G., Simmons, A.H. (2023). Joseph Conrad: Contemporary Reviews, volume 5. 866. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Conrad, J. (2022). Karain: A Memory. Gale Digital.
  • Peters, J.G., Moore, G.M., Clemens, F. (2022). Conrad's Malaysian Fiction. Leiden, Brill.
  • Peters, J.G., Morey, J.H., Moore, G.M., Simmons, A.H. (2021). Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford: A Study in Collaboration. Leiden, Brill.
  • Peters, J.G., Defoe, D., Novak, M.E., Rothman, I.N., Schonhorn, M. (2021). The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Lewisburg, PA, Bucknell University Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Defoe, D., Novak, M.E., Rothman, I.N., Schonhorn, M. (2020). The Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. Lewisburg, PA, Bucknell University Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Schneider, L., McCarthy, J.M. (2019). Conrad and Nature. 336. New York, New York, Routledge.
  • Peters, J.G. (2019). Conrad's Drama: Contemporary Reviews and Observations. 515. Leiden, Brill.
  • Peters, J.G., Conrad, J. (2019). Heart of Darkness. 231. Peterborough, Ontario, Broadview.
  • Peters, J.G., Lothe, J., Miller, J.H. (2017). Reading Conrad. Columbus, OH, Ohio State University Press.
  • Stape, J.H., Peters, J.G. (2015). Conrad's "The Duel': Sources/Texts/Studies. vi+180. Leiden, Brill/Rodopi.
  • Peters, J.G., Conrad, J. (2015). The Secret Sharer and Other Stories. xx+599. New York, W. W. Norton.
  • Peters, J.G. (2012). Joseph Conrad: The Contemporary Reviews: Vol. 2 Typhoon to Under Western Eyes. 2 xxiv+644. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Peters, J.G. (2010). A Historical Guide to Joseph Conrad. xii+252. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Conrad, J. (2010). Under Western Eyes. 411. Peterborough, Broadview Press.
  • Peters, J.G. (2008). Conrad in the Public Eye: Biography/Criticism/Publicity. x+275. Amsterdam, Rodopi.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2007). The Chieko Poems. x+213. Los Angeles, Green Integer Books.
  • Book Chapter

  • Peters, J.G. (2022). "Katherine Mansfield's Daily Herald Review of Joseph Conrad's The Rescue". Katherine Mansfield and The Garden Party and Other Stories. 186-189. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Peters, J.G. (2022). “Zdzislaw Najder’s Contribution to Conrad Studies in English". 11-29. Krakow, Jagiellonian University Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Evans, R.C. (2019). "Heart of Darkness and Me". Heart of Darkness: Critical Insights. xiii-xxi. Hackensack, NJ, Salem Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Simmons, A.H., Jones, S. (2016). “‘Let that Marlow talk’: Chance and the Narrative Problem of Marlow”. Chance: Centennial Essays. 130-146. Leiden, Brill/Rodopi.
  • Peters, J.G., Szczeszak-Brewer, A. (2015). "Conrad's Critical History". The Critical Reception of Joseph Conrad. 26-38. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Tally, R.T. (2014). "The Space of Russia in Joseph Conrad's Under Western Eyes". Literary Cartographies: Spaciality, Representation, and Narrative, ed. Robert T. Tally, Jr.. 89-109. New York, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Peters, J.G., Formo, D., Reed, C. (2011). “The (Somewhat) Lighter Side of the Academic Job Search”. Job Search in Academe: The Insightful Guide for Faculty Job Candidates. 75-78. Sterling, VA, Stylus Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Baker, W., Lister, M. (2008). "David Daiches's The Novel and the Modern World (1939) and the Reclamation of Joseph Conrad's Literary Reputation,". David Daiches: A Celebration of His Life and Work. 111-117. Brighton, Sussex Academic Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Bloom, H. (2008). "The Opaque and the Clear: The White Fog Incident in Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness,'". 37-50. Bloom's Literary Criticism.
  • Peters, J.G., Bloom, H. (2007). "Jane's Otherness". Bloom's Guides: Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre. 61-74. New York, NY, Bloom's Literary Criticism.
  • Peters, J.G., Krstovic, J. (2007). “Dr. Blair Does ‘The Bear,’ or How Hugh Blair Might Have Survived an Encounter with ‘The Bear’ in Faulkner’s Wilderness”. Short Story Criticism. (97) 108-110. Detroit, MI, Thomson Gale.
  • Peters, J.G., Hudson, R., Arnold, E. (2005). "Joseph Conrad's 'Sudden Holes' in Time: The Epistemology of Temporality,". 170-203. Dehli, Anmol Publications.
  • Peters, J.G., Bomarito, J., Whitaker, R. (2005). “Inside and Outside: Jane Eyre and Marginalization through Labeling”. Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. 155 241-251. Detroit, MI, Thomson Gale.
  • Book Review

  • Peters, J.G. (2023). Review of Johan Adam Warodell’s Conrad’s Decentered Fiction. Choice. 50 (6) 580-580.
  • Peters, J.G. (2022). Review of Yael Levin's Joseph Conrad: Slow Modernism. Choice. 59 (6) 786-786.
  • Peters, J.G. (2021). Review of Robert Hampson's Critical Lives: Joseph Conrad. Choice. 59 (3) 450-450.
  • Peters, J.G. (2020). Review of Joseph Donohue's editions of Oscar Wilde's Plays2 and Plays3. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 63 (3) 470-71.
  • Peters, J.G. (2019). Review of Ellen Harrington's Conrad's Sensational Heroes. 62 (1) 137-39. New York, New York, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Peters, J.G. (2019). Review of Ian Small's edition of Oscar Wilde's Short Fiction. Victorian Review. 44 (2) 293-94.
  • Peters, J.G. (2019). Review of Maya Jasanoff's The Dawn Watch. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 62 (4) 611-12.
  • Peters, J.G. (2019). Review of Michele Mendelssohn's Making Oscar Wilde. Victorian Review. 44 (1) 150-51.
  • Peters, J.G. (2018). Review of M. C. Bradbrook's Joseph Conrad Poland's English Genius. Joseph Conrad Today. 43 (1) 19-20.
  • Peters, J.G. (2018). Review of J. H. Stape, Alexandre Fachard, and Richard Niland's edition of Joseph Conrad's Victory. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920.
  • Peters, J.G. (2017). Review of Allan H. Simmons' edition of Joseph Conrad's An Outcast of the Islands. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920.
  • Peters, J.G. (2016). Review of Alexander Fachard's edition of Joseph Conrad's Within the Tides. Joseph Conrad Today. 41 (1) 14-14.
  • Peters, J.G. (2016). Richard Ruppel's A Political Geneaology of Joseph Conrad. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 59 (1) 125-127.
  • Peters, J.G. (2015). Andrew Francis's Culture and Commerce in Conrad's Asian Fiction. Choice. 53 (2) 241-241.
  • Peters, J.G. (2015). Cedric Watts's Conrad's Heart of Darkness: A Critical and Contextual Discussion. Joseph Conrad Today. 40 (2) 4-5.
  • Peters, J.G. (2015). Linda Dryden's Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells. Choice. 53 (4) 576-576.
  • Peters, J.G. (2015). Thomas Strychacz’s Dangerous Masculinities: Conrad, Hemingway, and Lawrence. Joseph Conrad Today. 40 (2) 4-4.
  • Peters, J.G. (2014). Harold Ray Stevens and J. H. Stape's edition of Joseph Conrad's Last Essays. Conradiana. 45 (1) 85-86.
  • Peters, J.G. (2014). J. H. Stape and Allan H. Simmons' edition of Joseph Conrad's The Shadow-Line. Choice. 51 (11) 1979-1979.
  • Peters, J.G. (2014). John Stokes and Mark W. Turner's editions of Oscar Wilde's Journalism I and Journalism II. Textual Cultures. 8 (2) 169-171.
  • Peters, J.G. (2014). Joseph Donohue's The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, Plays I. The Wildean. 44 112-114. London,
  • Peters, J.G. (2014). Review of William Freedman's Joseph Conrad and the Anxiety of Knowledge. Choice. 52 (3) 444-444.
  • Peters, J.G. (2014). Roger Osborne, Paul Eggert, Keith Carabine, and Jeremy Hawthorn's edition of Joseph Conrad's Under Western Eyes. Joseph Conrad Today. 39 (2) 13-14.
  • Peters, J.G. (2013). Christopher Scoble's Letters from Bishopsbourne: Three Writers in an English Village. Joseph Conrad Today. 38 (1) 11-12.
  • Peters, J.G. (2013). J. H. Stape and Ernest Sullivan II's Conrad's Lord Jim : A Transcription of the Manuscript. Joseph Conrad Today. 38 (1) 11-11.
  • Peters, J.G. (2013). J. H. Stape and Ernest Sullivan II's edition of Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 56 (3) 422-423.
  • Peters, J.G. (2013). Robert Hampson's Conrad's Secrets. Choice. 50 (7) 1244-1244.
  • Peters, J.G. (2013). Nidesh Lawtoo's Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and Contemporary Thought. Choice. 50 (12) 2227-2227.
  • Peters, J.G. (2012). Brian Artese's Testimony on Trial. Choice. 50 (3) 477-477.
  • Peters, J.G. (2012). George Z. Gasyna's Polish, Hybrid, and Otherwise. Choice. 49 (7) 1253-1253.
  • Peters, J.G. (2012). Tamas Juhasz's Conradian Contracts. Choice. 49 (5) 879-879.
  • Stannard, M., Peters, J.G. (2012). “Realism and Impressionism”. The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford. 253-255. New York, NY, W. W. Norton.
  • Trudeau, L.J., Peters, J.G. (2012). “‘What’s in a name?’: The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’”. Short Story Criticism. 169 338-343. Detroit, MI, Gale Centgage Learning.
  • Peters, J.G. (2011). Leonard Moss's The Art of Conrad. Choice. 48 (12) 2309-2309.
  • Peters, J.G. (2011). Peter Mallios's Our Conrad. Choice. 48 (8) 1480-1480.
  • Peters, J.G. (2011). Richard Niland's Conrad and History. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 54 (2) 262-263.
  • Simmons, A.H., Stape, J.H., Hawthorn, J., Peters, J.G. (2011). “Under Western Eyes: An Explosive Review”. Under Western Eyes: Centennial Essays. 157-158. Amsterdam, Rodopi.
  • Peters, J.G. (2010). Allan H. Simmon's Joseph Conrad in Context. Choice. 47 (12) 2322-2322.
  • Peters, J.G. (2010). Amar Acheraiou's Joseph Conrad and the Reader. Choice. 48 (1) 84-84.
  • Peters, J.G. (2010). Paul L. Fortunato's Modernist Aesthetics and Consumer Culture in the Writings of Oscar Wilde. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 53 (1) 106-107.
  • Gibson, M.R., Peters, J.G. (2010). The Chester River Press edition of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Parenthesis. 19 53-55.
  • Peters, J.G. (2009). Keith Carbine's Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. The Conradian. 34 (1) 1. http://www.josephconradsociety.org/conradian_review_peters.htm
  • Peters, J.G. (2009). Owen Knowles's "My Dear Friend": Further Letters to and about Joseph Conrad". Joseph Conrad Today. 34 (2) 8-8. Joseph Conrad Today.
  • Peters, J.G. (2009). Review of Zdzislaw Najder and J. H. Stape's edition of Joseph Conrad's A Personal Record. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 52 (3) 339-340.
  • Peters, J.G. (2009). Thomas Wright's Built of Books: How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde". Choice. 47 (2) 308-308.
  • Peters, J.G. (2008). Jakob Lothe, Jeremy Hawthorn, and James Phelan's Joseph Conrad: Voice, Sequence, History, Genre. Choice. 46 (2) 298-298.
  • Peters, J.G. (2008). Josephine M. Guy's Small's edition of Oscar Wilde's Criticism: Historical Criticism, Intentions, The Soul of Man. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 51 (4) 439-441.
  • Peters, J.G. (2008). The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad (vols. 8 & 9). Choice. 46 (1) 90-90.
  • Peters, J.G. (2007). Jarlath Killeen's The Faiths of Oscar Wilde. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 50 (2) 224-226.
  • Peters, J.G. (2007). Jeremy Hawthorn's Sexuality and the Erotic in the Fiction of Joseph Conrad. Choice. 45 (4) 631-631.
  • Peters, J.G. (2007). Terry Collits's Postcolonial Conrad: Paradoxes of Empire. Conradiana. 39 (2) 187-191.
  • Peters, J.G. (2006). Ian Small's edition of Oscar Wilde's De Profundis/'Epistola: In Carcere et Vinculis'. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 49 (4) 444-445.
  • Peters, J.G. (2006). Joseph Bristow's edition of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray: The 1890 and 1891 Texts. Textual Cultures. 1 (2) 157-158.
  • Peters, J.G. (2006). Keith Carabine and Max Saunders's edited collection Inter-Relations: Conrad, James, Ford and Others. Conradiana. 38 (3) 291-295. Conradiana.
  • Peters, J.G. (2006). Nic Panagopoulos's, Heart of Darkness and The Birth of Tragedy: A Comparative Study. Conradiana. 38 (2) 194-196.
  • Peters, J.G. (2006). Vivien Noakes's edition of The Poems and Plays of Isaac Rosenberg. English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 49 (2) 223-225.
  • Cope, K.L., Leitz, R.C., Peters, J.G. (2003). Review of Anne Conway's The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy, In The Eighteenth-Century: A Current Bibliography. 365-366. New York, NY, AMS Press.
  • Peters, J.G. (2002). Susan Jones's Conrad and Women. Studies in the Novel. 34 (1) 109-110.
  • Peters, J.G. (2001). Pericles Lewis's Modernism, Nationalism, and the Novel. Studies in the Novel. 33 (4) 478-480. Studies in the Novel.
  • Peters, J.G. (2001). Peter Edgerly Firchow's Envisioning Africa: Racism and Imperialism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Modern Fiction Studies. 47 (4) 1054-1056.
  • Encyclopedia Article

  • Peters, J.G., Ross, S. (2018). "Kotaro Takamura". Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. London, Routledge.
  • Peters, J.G. (2017). "Edward Garnett". Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. London, Routledge.
  • Peters, J.G., Ross, S. (2016). "Arnold Bennett". Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. N/A. London, Routledge. https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/bennett-arnold-1867-1931
  • Peters, J.G., Ross, S. (2016). "Isaac Rosenberg". Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. N/A. London, Routledge. https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/rosenberg-isaac-1890-1918. doi:10.4324/9781135000356-REM681-1
  • Peters, J.G., Ross, S. (2016). "Joseph Conrad". Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. N/A. London, Routledge. https://www.rem.routledge.com/articles/conrad-joseph-1857-1924. doi:10.4324/9781135000356-REM948-1
  • Peters, J.G., Shaffer, B.W. (2011). "Joseph Conrad". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction. 1 83-88. Oxford, Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Peters, J.G., Shillingsburg, P. (2010). "Oscar Wilde". The Oxford Companion to the Book, Britain 1780-1900. 1260-1260. Oxford, Oxford University Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Watson, R.R., Persoon, J. (2009). "Isaac Rosenberg," "Break of Day in the Trenches," "Dead Man's Dump," "Returning, We Hear the Larks," "Louse Hunting,". The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry, 1900 to the Present. 412-12, 61-62, 115, 408-09, 292. New York, NY, Facts on File.
  • Peters, J.G., Haralson, E., Johnson, K. (2009). "Joseph Conrad". Critical Companion to Henry James: A Literary Companion to His Life and Works. 375-376. New York, NY, Facts on File.
  • Peters, J.G., Arana, R.V. (2007). "Kōtarō Takamura (1883-1956)," "The Chieko Collection (1941)," and "Journey (1914)". Companion to Twentieth-Century World Poetry: 1900 to the Present. 100, 239-240, 429-430. New York, NY, Facts on File.
  • Peters, J.G., O'Neil, P.M. (2004). "Joseph Conrad". Great World Writers: Twentieth Century. 2 245-266. Tarrytown, NY, Marshall Cavendish.
  • Peters, J.G., O'Neil, P.M. (2004). "Kôtarô Takamura". Great World Writers: Twentieth Century. 11 1501-1510. Tarrytown, NY, Marshall Cavendish.
  • Journal Article

  • Peters, J.G. (2023). “Conrad Studies in South Asia: Monographs and Essay Collections 1975-2010". The Conradian. 48 (1) 68-86.
  • Peters, J.G. (2023). “Silence and Speaking in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness". Modern Fiction Studies. 69 (2) 208-231.
  • Peters, J.G. (2023). “The Importance of Being Earnest in The Importance of Being Earnest". Texas Studies in Literature and Language. No. 65 (3) 273-296. Austin, TX,
  • Peters, J.G., Hampson, R. (2022). "Conrad Contracts: Dramatisations, Books, Tranlations". The Conradian. 47 (1) 76-102.
  • Peters, J.G., Jang, S. (2022). "Stevie as Revolutionary in Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent". Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 64 (4) 437-454. University of Texas Press.
  • Peters, J.G. (2021). "A Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides on Joseph Conrad: 2016-2020". The Conradian. 46 (1) 130-135.
  • Peters, J.G. (2021). "Silence, Space, and Absence in Joseph Conrad's African Fiction". Texas Studies in Literature and Language. 63 (4) 381-409.
  • Peters, J.G. (2020). “‘Meet the new boss / Same as the old boss’: The Politics of Replication and Conrad’s Politics of Humanity". Journal of English Language and Literature. 66 (1) 23-42.
  • Peters, J.G. (2020). "Oscar Wilde's Aesthetics of Perception". English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920. 63 (4) 559-79.
  • Peters, J.G., Harrington, E.B. (2019). "Conrad, Lombroso, and Animals". The Conradian. 44 (2) 19-36.
  • Peters, J.G. (2019). Environmental Imperialism in Joseph Conrad's Nostromo. College Literature. 46 (3) 603-26.
  • Peters, J.G. (2018). “ ‘A voice crying in the wilderness’: Joseph Conrad’s Lasting Legacy”. Yearbook of Conrad Studies. 13 7-15. Cracow,
  • Peters, J.G. (2018). Inductive Hermeneutics and Crosscultural Interpretation. College Literature. 45 (4) 826-831.
  • Peters, J.G. (2016). "Joseph Conrad and the Epistemology of Space". Philosophy and Literature. 98-123.
  • Peters, J.G. (2016). “A Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides on Joseph Conrad: 2011-2015”. The Conradian. 41 (2) 151-156.
  • Peters, J.G. (2014). "'Let that Marlow talk': Chance and the Narrative Problem of Marlow". The Conradian. 39 (1) 130-146.
  • Peters, J.G. (2013). "The Composition and Publication History of Joseph Conrad's A Set of Six". Conradiana. 45 (1) 31-54.
  • Peters, J.G. (2012). "A Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides on Joseph Conrad" Part II. The Conradian. 37 (1) 84-106.
  • Peters, J.G. (2012). "Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the World of Western Women". Studies in Short Fiction. 37 (1) 87-112.
  • Peters, J.G. (2012). "Joseph Conrad's Literary Response to the First World War". College Literature. 39 (4) 34-45.
  • Peters, J.G. (2011). "A Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, and Broadsides on Joseph Conrad" Part I. The Conradian. 36 (1) 98-118.
  • Peters, J.G. (2011). "Under Western Eyes : An Explosive Review". The Conradian. 36 (2) 154-155.
  • Peters, J.G. (2010). "The Original and Posthumous Editions of Kōtarō Takamura's The Chieko Collection : A Study in Editorial Practice and Authorial Intent". Journal of Oriental Studies. 43 (1&2) 1-12.
  • Peters, J.G. (2009). "Conrad to T. Fisher Unwin: An Uncollected Letter of June 1910". The Conradian. 34 (2) 125-126.
  • Peters, J.G. (2009). "Mirrors and Money: Constructing and De-Constructing Revolution in Mariano Azuela's The Underdogs and Joseph Conrad's Nostromo". Yearbook of Conrad Studies. 6 133-155.
  • Peters, J.G. (2008). "Father, King, and God: John Milton's Prose Response to Monarchy". Midwest Quarterly. 49 (3) 228-244.
  • Peters, J.G. (2007). "'What's in a name'?: Conrad's The Nigger of the Narcissus". L'Epoque Conradienne. 33 41-48.
  • Peters, J.G. (2006). "Joseph Conrad Criticism". Literature Compass. 3 (3) 588-602.
  • Peters, J.G. (2006). "Point of View in Conrad's Heart of Darkness and the Ultimate Uncertainty of Knowledge". Yearbook of Conrad Studies. 2 23-29.
  • Peters, J.G. (2004). "'We Stood at God's Feet, Equal': Equality, Subversion, and Religion in Jane Eyre". Brontë Studies. 29 (1) 53-64.
  • Peters, J.G. (2003). "Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey'". Explicator. 61 (2) 77-78.
  • Peters, J.G. (2002). "Assimilation and Appropriation, Catalogues and Chronicles: The Europeanization of the New World in Robinson Crusoe". North Dakota Quarterly. 69 (4) 58-78.
  • Peters, J.G. (2002). "The (Somewhat) Lighter Side of the Academic Job Search". CEA Forum. 32 (1) no pages.
  • Kimmel, L., Campbell, R., Delhom, C., Goynes, W., Graves, E., Parikh, D., Peters, J.G., Von Hoven, T., Yachmenev, V., Negulescu, I., others. (2002). Naturally colored cotton for specialty textile products. Other. 2 (5) 25--29. AMER ASSOC TEXTILE CHEMISTS COLORISTS PO BOX 12215, RES TRIANGLE PK, NC 27709 USA.
  • Peters, J.G. (2000). "Joseph Conrad's 'Sudden Holes' in Time: The Epistemology of Temporality". Studies in the Novel. 32 (4) 420-441.
  • Peters, J.G. (1999). "Style and Art in Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray: Form as Content". Victorian Review. 25 (1) 1-13.
  • Peters, J.G. (1998). "The Opaque and the Clear: The White Fog Incident in Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'". Studies in Short Fiction. 35 (4) 373-386.
  • Peters, J.G. (1997). "Sanctuary in More's The History of King Richard III". Moreana. 34 25-36.
  • Peters, J.G. (1996). "Inside and Outside: Jane Eyre and Marginalization through Labeling". Studies in the Novel. 28 (1) 57-75.
  • Peters, J.G. (1996). "Repudiation, Wilderness, Birthright: Reconciling Conflicting Views of Faulkner's Isaac McCaslin". English Language Notes. 33 (3) 39-46.
  • Peters, J.G. (1996). "Stein's Collection: Order and Chaos in Lord Jim". Conradiana. 28 (1) 48-53.
  • Peters, J.G. (1994). "'To Strive, To Seek, To Find, and Not to Yield': Ulysses as Siren in Tennyson's Poem". Victorian Review. 20 (2) 134-141.
  • Peters, J.G. (1993). "An Unpublished Letter from Maria Edgeworth to Eliza Fletcher". English Language Notes. 30 (3) 44-52.
  • Peters, J.G. (1993). "Saturnalia and Sanctuary: The Role of the Tale in Watership Down". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 6 (1) 51-62.
  • Peters, J.G. (1991). "Ghosts and Guilt: Mourning Becomes Electra and Its Mythic Tradition". Midwest Quarterly. 32 (4) 474-483.
  • Peters, J.G. (1984). "Love, Heaven, and Human Existence: A Note on Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 'Sonnet XXII". Studies in Browning and his Circle. 12 32-33.
  • Peters, J.G. (1984). "Nihilism in 'The Law of Life'". Jack London Newsletter. 17 (3) 92-94.
  • Monograph

  • Peters, J.G. (2024). Silence, Space, and Absence in Conrad’s Works: Western and Non-Western Worlds. 127. London, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Peters, J.G. (2013). Joseph Conrad's Critical Reception. xiii+274. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Peters, J.G. (2006). The Cambridge Introduction to Joseph Conrad. x+146. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Peters, J.G. (2001). Conrad and Impressionism. xiii+206. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • Personal Essay

  • Peters, J.G. (2018). "In Memory of Mark Conroy". Joseph Conrad Today. 44 (2)
  • Peters, J.G. (2004). "Holly the Hunter/Gatherer". (477) 27-27. Mensa Bulletin.
  • Peters, J.G. (1998). "Meditations on Fish Names and Their Unforeseen Consequences, Or How Would You Like to Be Called 'Fat Head'?". 21 (1) 27-29. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium.
  • Peters, J.G. (1997). "Cichlids Alive!". (179) 12-14. Buntbarsche Bulletin.
  • Peters, J.G. (1996). "'Time Out' for Fish, Or Fish Behavior And What to Do About It". 19 (3) 142-144. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium.
  • Scholarly Note

  • Peters, J.G. (2021). Robert Hampson's Contribution to Conrad Studies. Conradiana. 49 (2-3) iii-iv.
  • Peters, J.G., Davies, L. (2020). “Epistolary Conrad: Seven Letters”. The Conradian. 45 (2) 82-90. Brill.
  • Peters, J.G. (2019). "Introduction" to "How Joseph Conrad Influenced O'Neill". The Eugene O'Neill Review. 25-27.
  • Peters, J.G. (2019). Andrzej Busza’s Contribution to Conrad Scholarship. 373-75. Katowice-Rzeszów, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego.
  • Peters, J.G. (2018). The Best Books by Joseph Conrad. Other. 1 136-37.
  • Peters, J.G., Szczeszak-Brewer, A. (2015). "Further Readings". The Critical Reception of Joseph Conrad. 199-204. Columbia, SC, University of South Carolina Press.
  • Peters, J.G., Pettit, A. (2015). “Conrad Remembered: Richard Curle Meets S. N. Behrman and Crosby Gaige". The Conradian. 40 (2) 114-119. London,
  • Peters, J.G. (2013). "Uncollected Letters Recently Published: A Checklist". The Conradian. 38 (2) 119-121.
  • Peters, J.G. (2004). "Dr. Blair Does 'The Bear,' or How Hugh Blair Might Have Survived an Encounter with 'The Bear' in Faulkner's Wilderness" . Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South. 11 (1 & 2) 11-15.
  • Translation or Transcription

  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2023). “May Soil,” “Mountain,” and “Night” (translations of Japanese poems). International Poetry Review. 23 72-79.
  • Peters, J.G. (2020). “Mona Lisa Lost,” “Sweet Chestnuts,” “After-Dinner Sake,” “Lonely Road” (translations from Japanese of poems by Takamura Kōtarō). Chariton Review. 42 (1 & 2) 189-98. Missouri, Truman State University.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2017). “In a Café”. Lumina. 16 90-93.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2016). "Father's Face," "Wind," "Night in the Studio," "Winter Has Come," "Autumn Prayer". Stand. 14 (1) 40-43. London,
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2016). “Summer,” “Garden Song Bird,” “Living Things”. Two Lines. 25 22-27.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2015). "Desolation". Chattahoochi Review. 35 (2-3) 152-153.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2015). "Sultry Day". Hawaii Pacific Review. N/A. http://hawaiipacificreview.org/2015/03/09/sultry-day/
  • Peters, J.G., , A. (2014). Six Waka Poems from Manyoshu. Transference. 2 (1) 39-41.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2007). "In Adoration of Love". Hawai'i Pacific Review: Best of the Decade 1997-2007. 21 31-32. Hawai'i Pacific Review.
  • Peters, J.G., , A. (2007). "Selected Poems from Man'yôshû". Translation. 2 87-89.
  • Peters, J.G., Miyazawa, K. (2007). "Unyielding before the Rain". no page numbers. Wordfield's Haikai Pub (website). https://haikaipub.wordpress.com/2007/11/10/kaimana-literary-arts-hawaii-2007/
  • Peters, J.G., Miyazawa, K. (2007). "Unyielding before the Rain". Kaimana. 45-45.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2006). "Same Life Same Kind". International Poetry Review. 32 (2) 45-45.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2004). "Heart of a Night". Artful Dodge. 44/45 13-13.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2004). "If Chieko". Rhino. 120-120.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2004). "Metropolis". The Literary Review. 48 (1) 117-117.
  • Peters, J.G. (2003). "Tears," "Fear," and "Trickery Song". Quarterly West. (56) 59-63.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2003). "To Someone (Not to Play)". (119) 98-98. Utne.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2003). "You Grow More Lovely" and "Night Blizzard Soliloquy". Marlboro Review. 16 68-69.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2002). "Catfish," "To Someone (Not to Play)," "Supper," "Gold," "Winter Comes," "Elemental Chieko," "Those Times," "One Who Imprisons Beauty," "Life Perspective," "Misty Dream," and "Six Songs". 28 (1) 61-75. New Orleans Review.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2002). "In Adoration of Love". 16 4-5. Hawai'i Pacific Review.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2001). "To Someone" and "Frightening Emptiness". Japanophile. 25 (2) 38-39, 42.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (2000). "A Winter Morning Awakens". Mid-American Review. 21 (1) 116-117.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (1999). "Decadence". Poet Lore. 94 (3) 51-51.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (1998). "Shōan Temple," "Nakedness," and "Guide". Crab Orchard Review. 3 (2) 143-145.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (1998). "Two Beneath the Trees". Poetry New York. 10 28-29.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (1996). "Deep Night Snow," "Innocent Talk," "Two of the Night," "Two of the Foothills," and "Plum Wine". Sonora Review. 32 71-77.
  • Peters, J.G., Buson, Y. (1996). "Spring Haiku". Frogpond. 19 (1) 39-39.
  • Peters, J.G., Buson, Y. (1995). "Autumn Haiku". Frogpond. 18 (3) 31-31.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (1995). "Bleak Homecoming," "To One Who Has Died," and "Invaluable Chieko". Spoon River Poetry Review. 20 (1) 68-70.
  • Peters, J.G., Takamura, K. (1995). "Lemon Dirge," "Record of One Day," "Chieko Riding on the Wind," and "Chieko Playing among the Plovers". Tampa Review. 10 13-15.
  • Peters, J.G., Buson, Y. (1995). "Summer Haiku". Frogpond. 18 (2) 39-39.
  • Peters, J.G., Buson, Y. (1995). "Winter Haiku". Frogpond. 18 (4) 23-23.

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Peters, J.G., "Scholarly/Creative Award," sponsored by UNT College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $3500 Funded. ( - 2019).
  • Peters, J.G. (Principal), "Conrad's Drama," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Faculty Development Funds, University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (2018 - 2018).
  • Peters, J.G., "UNT Small Grants," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $1100 Funded. ( - 2018).
  • Peters, J.G. (Principal), "Scholarly/Creative Award," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $4900 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
  • Peters, J.G., "UNT Small Grants," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $1250 Funded. ( - 2017).
  • Peters, J.G., "UNT Small Grants," sponsored by College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, University of North Texas, $1200 Funded. ( - 2016).
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    This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
    • The course as a whole was
    • The course content was
    • The instructor’s contribution to the course was
    • The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
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    This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
    • Do you expect your grade in this course to be
    • The intellectual challenge presented was
    • The amount of effort you put into this course was
    • The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
    • Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was
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