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Paul E. Szarmach is Emeritus Professor of English and Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. He served a five-year term as Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America and Editor of Speculum. Szarmach’s major field of study is Old English prose with special reference to Latin backgrounds.

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1. Anglo-Latin Literature in the Foreground

2. North Sea Currents: Old English and Old Norse in Comparison and in Contact

3. Legend hErenn: ''The Learning of Ireland'' in the Early Medieval Period