Francis Blessington
Professor Emeritus of English
Francis Blessington’s major area is Milton and seventeenth-century English literature. He has written two books on Milton that have become standard: Paradise Lost and the Classical Epic (Routledge) and Paradise Lost: Ideal and Tragic Epic (A Student’s Companion to the Poem) (Twayne). Currently, he is writing a book on Milton’s use of witchcraft in Paradise Lost. He also teaches Greek and Roman literature and the Bible, emphasizing their relevance to the modern world. Also a poet and fiction writer, Professor Blessington teaches courses in creative writing.
- Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award (2011)
- Outstanding Professor Award (Spring 2010, Sigma Delta Tau)
- Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award (2004)
- Outstanding Alumni Award in Arts and Humanities (1998, Northeastern University Alumni Association)
- Poems from Underground (Deerbrook Press, 2017)
- Euripides: Hecuba, Helen, and Trojan Women: Three Plays About Women and the Trojan War (University of Wisconsin Press, 2015) (verse translations with commentary)
- The Last Witch of Dogtown (novel)
- Paradise Lost and the Classical Epic
- Paradise Lost: Ideal and Tragic Epic
- Euripides: The Bacchae and Aristophanes: The Frogs (verse translations)
- Lantskip (poems)
- Lorenzo de’Medici (play)
- Wolf Howl (poems)
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Education
PhD, Brown University
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Contact
617.373.5766 f.blessington@northeastern.edu -
Address
421 Lake Hall
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115 -
Office Hours
Mon. and Wed, 10:30-11:30 and by appt.
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Associations
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Global Literature to 1500
ENGL 1700
Introduces students to the ancient and classical literatures of Greece, Rome, and the eastern Mediterranean, as well as other premodern literatures in translation.
Milton
ENGL 3618
Concentrates on Milton’s Paradise Lost, with supplementary readings in his minor poetry and prose.
