Michael E. Matto | Faculty Profiles

Diplomas/Degrees

Ph.D., New York University (1998)

M.A., New York University (1994)

B.A., UC - Berkeley (1991)

Recent Courses

Art & Craft Of Writing

Early Literary Formations

Modern Condition II

The Study Of Literature

Specialization/Interests

Rhetoric and Composition Theory
History of the English Language
Old English Language and Literature
Cognitive Linguistics

Research Interests

History of the English Language
History of Rhetoric
Old English Literature and Culture
Theories of Metaphor
History of Subjectivity

Books

Delanty, Greg and Matto, Michael (eds.) (2010). The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation. New York, NY: W. W. Norton.

Momma, Haruko and Matto, Michael (eds) (2008). Companion to the History of the English Language. Wiley-Blackwell.

Chapters

Matto, Michael (2022). “'Do You Like to Write? Probably Not': The Politics of Self-Expression in the Composition Pedagogy of John M. Manly and Edith Rickert,” in Ellison, Katherine and Kim, Susan (eds.), Collaborative Humanities Research and Pedagogy: The Networks of John Matthews Manly and Edith Rickert. (pp. 217-238). Palgrave Macmillan.

Matto, Michael and Momma, Haruko (2008). "History, English, Language: Studying HEL Today." In Momma, Haruko and Matto, Michael (Eds.). Companion to the History of the English Language. (pp. 3-10). Wiley-Blackwell.

Matto, Michael (2008). "English, Latin and the Teaching of Rhetoric". In Momma, Haruko and Matto, Michael (Eds.). Companion to the History of the English Language. (pp. 323-33). Wiley-Blackwell.

Articles

Matto, Michael (2016), Vernacular Traditions: Exploring Anglo-Saxon Mentalities. Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 115, 95-113.

Matto, Michael (2015, Fall), Remainders: Reading an Old English Poem through Multiple Translations. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, 22, 81-89.

Matto, Michael (2008), Standard English and Standards of English: Where HEL Meets Composition Studies. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, 15.2.

Matto, Michael (2007), English Language in History. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching, 14.1, 63-70.

Matto, Michael (2004), “True Confessions: The Seafarer and Technologies of the Sylf.”. Journal of English and Germanic Philology, 103.

Matto, Michael (2002), “A War of Containment: The Heroic Image in The Battle of Maldon. Studia Neophilologica, 74, 60-75.

Matto, Michael (1997), “The Old English Soul and Body I and Soul and Body II: Ending the Rivalry.”. In Geardagum, 18, 39-58.

Other Work

Matto, Michael (Guest Editor). Special Topic section: "Teaching Postcolonial History of the English Language." Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching 18.1 (2011)