Peter Grybauskas

Principal Lecturer, English

pgrybaus@umd.edu

Medieval
Mythology and Folklore

Peter has taught for more than a decade in the English department, often in the writing programs, where he is an inveterate designer of courses on fantasy and food. As the founder and program leader of Tolkien in Oxford (ENGL398G) and Food Writing in Italy (ENGL398T), he has led hundreds of students on adventures abroad.

His research centers legend, myth, and medievalism. His first book, A Sense of Tales Untold (Kent State University Press 2021), was named a Mythopoeic Award finalist; his critical edition of Tolkien’s The Battle of Maldon (HarperCollins 2023) was dubbed “peak Tolkien” and has been translated four times. He studied at Maryland with the influential scholar and teacher, Dr. Verlyn Flieger.

For news and updates on Peter's books, Tolkien programming at UMD, and more, visit: https://blog.umd.edu/tolkien/

Dates: Thursday, February 8, 2018 - 12:00

The Gabbro Head Press has produced an anthology of essays written in tribute to the inspiration and influence of the renowned Tolkien scholar, writer, and professor, Verlyn Flieger. Entitled A Wilderness of Dragons: Essays in Honor of Verlyn Flieger, this volume was edited by the eminent Tolkien scholar John D. Rateliff, author of The History of the Hobbit.

Dates: Wednesday, March 4, 2015 - 12:00

World War I has been called “the poets’ war,” as it was characterized by a massive outpouring of works of literature during and after the war. Much of this literary harvest, as Paul Fussell brilliantly demonstrated in The Great War and Modern Memory, hinged on an ironic response to the deadly absurdities of World War I.

Peter Grybauskas

Research Expertise

Publications

"'Green Hill Country': A Scholar's Tale."

From A Scholar's Tale." A Wilderness of Dragons: Essays in Honor of Verlyn Flieger

"'Now Often Forgotten': Gollum, the Great War, and the Last Alliance."

From Baptism of Fire: The Birth of the Modern British Fantastic in World War I.