- Balladeering, Minstrelsy, and the Making of British Romantic Poetry by Maureen McLane
Erik Simpson is Associate Professor of English at Grinnell College. He is the author of Literary Minstrelsy, 1770-1830: Minstrels and Improvisers in British, Irish, and American Literature and Mercenaries in British and American Literature, 1790—1830: Writing, Fighting, and Marrying for Money.