Education
D.Phil. (1992), University of Oxford.
Dissertation: The Poetics of Subversion and Conservatism: Satire ca. 1640-1649.
BA (Hons) (1987), English, McMaster University.
Courses
- Ways of Reading: Fiction (ENG-103)
- Ways of Reading: Poetry and Drama (ENG-104)
- The British Novel (ENG-257)
- British Drama Survey (ENG-261)
- History of Literary Criticism (ENG-315)
- Seventeenth-Century English Literature (ENG-343)
- Shakespeare (ENG-361)
- Milton (ENG-448)
- T.S. Eliot (ENG-472)
- Western Culture & Tradition II (HUM-120)
About
Dr. Ben Faber has published essays and presented papers on William Shakespeare (1564-1616), John Milton (1608-1674), Joseph Hall (1574-1656), Andrew Marvell (1621-1678), Daniel Defoe (1660-1731), and Henry Alline (1748-1784). He has also written on the implications of Reformed theology for language, literature, and pedagogy.
Research Interests
- Early-modern non-dramatic English literature (esp. Milton, Marvell)
- Shakespeare and theory
- Hermeneutics
- Pedagogy
Selected Research Publications
Faber, Ben. “Language and Literature in Reformed Perspective.” In Academy Regained, edited by Russ Kosits. Sioux Center: Dordt Press, 2026.
Faber, Ben. “Outrage from Lifeless Things: Theodicy and the Anthropogenic Effects of the Fall in Paradise Lost.” In Christian Environmentalism and Human Responsibility in the 21st Century: Questions of Stewardship and Accountability, edited by Katherine M. Quinsey. New York: Routledge, 2023.
Faber, Ben. “Covenant and Pedagogy.” International Journal of Christianity and Education 24, no. 3 (2020).
Faber, Ben. “Manifesting the Soul in Andrew Marvell’s ‘On a Drop of Dew’.” Early Modern Literary Studies 19, no. 1 (2016).
Faber, Ben. “The Art of Divine Meditation in George Herbert’s The Temple.” Christianity and Literature 66, no. 1 (2016).