Macklin Fanning
Entry Year: 2019
English
Education
M.A.; English, SMU (en route to Ph.D.)M.A.; History of Ideas, UT Dallas
B.A.; Literary Studies, UT Dallas
Macklin Fanning is writing a dissertation on the life and work of John Elliot (1747-1787), London apothecary, natural philosopher, alleged criminal offender, and author of The Philosophical Quixote (1782), a satire of medico-scientific “enthusiasm.” Recently, he and his students have been pondering The Absurd, The Gothic, and The Weird. He currently serves as a graduate assistant for the DeGolyer Library at SMU, where he is learning much about the day-to-day operation of a special collections library and the rare books business.
