Hein, Rolland.
Biographical Statement
Dr. Rolland Hein is Emeritus Professor of English at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois. Born in 1932, he earned his B.A. from Wheaton College in 1954, and his B.D. in 1957 from Grace Theological Seminary, Winona Lake, Indiana. Dr. Hein went on to also earn an M.A. in 1963 and completed his PhD. in 1971, both from Purdue University. His dissertation is titled: Faith and Fiction: A Study of the Effects of Religious Convictions in the Adult Fantasies and Novels of George MacDonald.
Dr. Hein began teaching literature at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana, taught during the '60s at Bethel College in St. Paul, Minnesota, and joined the English Department at Wheaton College in 1970. He is widely known as an expert in George MacDonald studies, and is also an avid gardener.
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Rolland Hein Papers
This collection contains documents relating to the teaching and personal research of Dr. Rolland Hein, Professor Emeritus of English at Wheaton College. The majority of the materials consist of research on George MacDonald, and teaching notes from the class Modern Mythology LIT: 431.