Richard Alexander Arnold

Richard Alexander Arnold is a professor of English at the private Alfaisal University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Life

Arnold received a Ph.D. in rhetoric and English literature at the University of Edinburgh, where he received the British Commonwealth Scholarship. The Master of Arts in English Literature, he received at McMaster University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English and physics at McMaster University.

As an author and editor, he specializes in rhetoric, English literature, Canadian literature and Medieval literature. He is particularly concerned with the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, William Blake, Samuel Johnson and Alexander Pope. Arnold is an author and editor of several books and articles on the literature of the eighteenth century, studies of the nineteenth century, editorial theory, cultural studies, and medieval and Canadian literature. He has taught in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

Works (selection)

• The English Hymn. Studies in a Genre. Peter Lang Publishing, New York 1995, ISBN 0-8204-2485-4.

• Mohammad ben Ali Ash- Showkani: Crystalline Gems of Islamic Jurisprudence. Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Riyadh, 2009.
• English Hymns of the Nineteenth Century. An anthology. Peter Lang Publishing, New York 2005, ISBN 0-8204-6942-4.
• English Hymns of the Eighteenth Century. An anthology. Peter Lang Publishing, New York 1992, ISBN 0-8204-1674-6.