Anthony Klein

Education

Belmont Abbey College, B.A. in English, 2024

Research Interests

Anthony researches the influence of Catholicism and the medieval age on twentieth-century Irish literature, the works of the Inklings, and the Catholic fiction of the American South.

Courses Taught

ENG 1310: Writing and Academic Inquiry

HON 3200: Honors Colloquium

Selected Publications

“Dyscatastrophe and the Demands of Pity in The Children of Húrin” Christianity and Literature, vol. 75, no. 2. June 2026. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/chy.2026.a1003245

“‘To Hell with Ballybeg’: Acedia in Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come!” New Hibernia Review, vol. 29, no. 3. Fall 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/nhr.2025.a974323

“Book Review: William Grady’s Redrawing the Western: A History of American Comics and the Mythic West.” Mark Twain Journal, vol. 64, no. 2. Fall 2026.

Awards

Student of the Year - Belmont Abbey College, 2024