Names: michael-drout

  • Dr. Michael D. C. Drout gazes at us with eyes which have look across millennia of primary and secondary scholarship. Standing in a crisp, button-down shirt before a black background, the effect might be stark. Yet, if we look carefully, we see that his shirt cuffs are rolled up to get to work right beside us, his lavalier mic ensures that every student can hear if they are listening. His glance is not a barrier, but an invitation to challenge ourselves to rigors that we had not dared before.

    Michael D. C. Drout

    Michael D.C. Drout is Professor of English and Director of the Center for the Study of the Medieval at Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts, where he teaches Old and Middle English, Science Fiction and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Drout is the author of How Tradition Works, Tradition and Influence in Anglo-Saxon Literature, Drout’s Quick and…