Thomas Best (retiring in 2009)

Professor

Degrees

Ph.D. in German Indiana University, 1965
B.A., Duke University, 1691

Interests

Reformation and Baroque literature, European and classical contexts

Books

The Humanist Ulrich von Hutten:  A Reappraisal of his Humor, Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures, 61.  Chapel Hill:  U.N.C. Press, 1969.

Eccius Dedolatus: A Reformation Satire, Studies in the Germanic Languages and Literatures, 1.  Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1971.  (A translation with introduction and notes.)

Macropedius, Twayne's World Authors Series, 218.  New York:  Twayne, 1972.

Jacob Biderman, Twayne's World Authors Series, 314.  Boston:  Twayne, 1975.

Reynard the Fox, Twayne's World Authors Series, 673.  Boston:  Twayne, 1983.

Cancer and Fraus honesta, Renaissance Latin Drama in England, Second Series, 2.  Hildesheim:  Olms, 1987.  (An edition with introduction.)

Jacob Bidermann's Cosmarchia.  "Bibliotheca neolatina," 4.  Bern:  Lang, 1991.  (An edition with translation, introduction, and notes.)