 Spenser was the subject of "The Poem's Two Bodies" in 1988, and Miller is helping to prepare a new scholarly edition of the English poet.In many of the articles, particularly in "Dreams of the Burning Child", Miller ranges through ancient, early modern, and modern literatures and through both popular and high cultures to demonstrate the central thesis that Western culture is fixated on the sacrifice of sons as a means of shoring up patriarchal authority.Prior to moving to South Carolina, Miller taught at the University of Alabama from 1978 until 1994, and at the University of Kentucky from 1994 until 2004.