Traugott Lawler
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Traugott Lawler is a medievalist scholar, expert on William Langland
, and an emeritus professor of English at Yale University
, where he served as master of Ezra Stiles College
and also as a lecturer in religion and literature.
Lawler was educated at the College of the Holy Cross
, graduating with a B.A. in 1958, and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
(M.A. 1962). He obtained his doctorate at Harvard University
.
His interests include Chaucer, Langland, Dante
, medieval Latin, Old English, the history of the English language, paleography and golf.
In 1983 he was a Guggenheim Fellow. From 1986 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2003 he served as Master of Ezra Stiles College. He retired from teaching in 2005, and is preparing, with other scholars, a commentary on the known versions of Piers Plowman
.
Under Lawler's watch, Ezra Stiles College
at Yale University
has had remarkable intramural success. During his first tenure as Master, Stiles won the Tyng Cup in six out of eight years. During his second term of service as Master, Ezra Stiles again won the Tyng Cup and continued to win in two subsequent years under the guidance of Stuart Schwartz.
Traugott is the younger brother of environmental engineer John P. Lawler, founder of Lawler, Matusky, and Skelly Engineers (LMS).
He has four children, Peter, Dan, Kate, and Greg with wife Margaret (Peggy) Lawler and eight grandchildren.
William Langland
William Langland is the conjectured author of the 14th-century English dream-vision Piers Plowman.- Life :The attribution of Piers to Langland rests principally on the evidence of a manuscript held at Trinity College, Dublin...
, and an emeritus professor of English at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, where he served as master of Ezra Stiles College
Ezra Stiles College
Ezra Stiles College is a residential college at Yale University, built in 1961 by Eero Saarinen. Architecturally, it is known for its lack of right angles. It is adjacent to Morse College.-Origin:...
and also as a lecturer in religion and literature.
Lawler was educated at the College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross
The College of the Holy Cross is an undergraduate Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA...
, graduating with a B.A. in 1958, and at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
(M.A. 1962). He obtained his doctorate at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
.
His interests include Chaucer, Langland, Dante
DANTE
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, medieval Latin, Old English, the history of the English language, paleography and golf.
In 1983 he was a Guggenheim Fellow. From 1986 to 1995 and from 2002 to 2003 he served as Master of Ezra Stiles College. He retired from teaching in 2005, and is preparing, with other scholars, a commentary on the known versions of Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman
Piers Plowman or Visio Willelmi de Petro Plowman is the title of a Middle English allegorical narrative poem by William Langland. It is written in unrhymed alliterative verse divided into sections called "passus"...
.
Under Lawler's watch, Ezra Stiles College
Ezra Stiles College
Ezra Stiles College is a residential college at Yale University, built in 1961 by Eero Saarinen. Architecturally, it is known for its lack of right angles. It is adjacent to Morse College.-Origin:...
at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
has had remarkable intramural success. During his first tenure as Master, Stiles won the Tyng Cup in six out of eight years. During his second term of service as Master, Ezra Stiles again won the Tyng Cup and continued to win in two subsequent years under the guidance of Stuart Schwartz.
Traugott is the younger brother of environmental engineer John P. Lawler, founder of Lawler, Matusky, and Skelly Engineers (LMS).
He has four children, Peter, Dan, Kate, and Greg with wife Margaret (Peggy) Lawler and eight grandchildren.
Works
- Lawler, Traugott. Translation, Annotation and Introduction. John of Garland's Parisiana poetria de arte prosaica, metrica, et rithmica. Cambridge, Mass.: Thesis (Ph.D.), Harvard University, 1966.
- Lawler, Traugott. The One and the Many in the Canterbury Tales. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1980.
- Lawler, Traugott. Edited, with Translation, Annotation and Introduction. The Parisiana Poetria of John of Garland. Yale Studies in English, 182. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1974.
- Lawler, Traugott. Editor, Boece, The Riverside Chaucer. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1987.
- Traugott Lawler, The Pardon Formula in Piers Plowman: Its Ubiquity, Its Binary Shape, Its Silent Middle Term, The Yearbook of Langland Studies ( YLS ), volume 14, (2000, ISBN 1-58044-027-4)
- Traugott Lawler, "The Secular Clergy in Piers Plowman", with Míċeál F. Vaughan, "Response", The Yearbook of Langland Studies ( YLS ), volume 16, (2003, ISBN 1-58044-077-0)