Battles earns publishing award for unique series

This spring, Professor of English Dominique Battles was presented with the 2020 Wilson Prize for Article of the Year from “Studies in Philology.”

Battles earned the honor for a two-part series, which explored the connection between the late 14th-century Middle English “Athelston” and the English Peasants’ Revolt of 1381. The pieces established the first sustained literary engagement with the rebellion in Middle English literature. “The Middle English Athelston and 1381: Part I: The Politics of Anglo-Saxon Identity” was published in the January 2020 issue of “Studies in Philology.” “The Middle English Athelston and 1381: Part II: The Road to Rebellion” followed in the July issue.

“Studies in Philology” is an industry journal printed by the University of North Carolina Press. The quarterly publication features articles written about relations between British literature and works in the classical, Romance and Germanic languages, as well as articles on British literature through Romanticism.