William Ian Miller Explained
William Ian Miller (born March 30, 1946) is the Thomas G. Long Professor of Law at the University of Michigan.[1] He is also Honorary Professor of History at the University of St. Andrews.[2] His area of specialty is the sagas of medieval Iceland, but he also has written extensively on revenge and on various emotions, mostly self-attentional. He grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, received his BA from the University of Wisconsin in 1969; a Ph.D in English and a JD in law at Yale 1975, 1980.[3]
Bibliography
- Book: Outrageous Fortune: Gloomy Reflection on Luck and Life. 2021. Oxford University Press. 978-0197530689.
- Hrafnkel or the Ambiguities. Oxford University Press. 2017. ISBN 9780198793038
- Book: Why is your axe bloody? : a reading of Njáls saga. 2014. Oxford University Press. 9780198704843.
- Book: Losing It, in which an aging professor laments his shrinking brain, which he flatters himself formerly did him noble service: a plaint, tragic-comical, historical, vengeful, sometimes satirical and thankful in six parts, if his memory does yet serve. 2011. Yale University Press. 9780300171013. registration.
- Book: Audun and the polar bear : luck, law, and largesse in a Medieval tale of risky business. 2008. Brill Academic Publishers. 9789004168114.
- Book: Eye for an eye. registration. 2006. Cambridge University Press. 9780521856805.
- Book: Faking it. 2003. Cambridge University Press. 9780521613705.
- Book: The mystery of courage. 2000. Harvard University Press.
- Book: The anatomy of disgust. registration. 1997. Harvard University Press. 9780674031555.
- Book: Humiliation : and other essays on honor, social discomfort, and violence. 1993. Cornell University Press. 9780801481178.
- Book: Bloodtaking and peacemaking : feud, law, and society in saga Iceland. 1990. University of Chicago Press. 9780226526805.
- Book: Law and literature in Medieval Iceland : Ljósvetninga sagaand Valla-Ljóts saga. 1989. Stanford University Press. 9780804715324.
Notes and References
- Web site: University of Michigan.
- Web site: University of Saint Andrews.
- Web site: University of Michigan Personal Pages.
