Well, I am more or less staying on track with the biographical sketches
as promised. We had a fair number of new members in January. As usual, I
have edited these very lightly if at all, mostly in order to put people's
names and e-mail addresses consistently AT THE END OF EACH BIO. I am
again struck by the wonderful diversity of those who share this common
interest.
Once again. let me encourage those who joined under the old dispensation
to contribute their own biogrphical sketches!
A.
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I'm a Professor in the McGill Dept. of English. One of my areas
of academic specialty is the history of Shakespearean production.
I used to receive the REED Newsletter. I would like to keep up-to-date
with your activities.
Thanks.
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I discovered the REED-L list while browsing the Internet for texts and
information applicable to a database/hypertext of Shakesperian texts that
I am developing.
Stan
Autobiography: Stan Beeler, Assistant Professor of English
at The University of Northern British Columbia. I obtained my PhD at
the University of Alberta and published my dissertation _The Invisible
College: A Study of the Three Original Rosicrucian Texts_ with AMS
press in 1991. I became involved with the Union Catalogue of Emblem
Books Project while doing postdoctoral work at McGill University. I am
still the programmer for this project and the Index Emblematicus
project. A lot of my work is in the area of computer applications for
literary studies. (I have worked as a computer programmer on and off
for the last eight years.) I have started to develop an http/wais
server database of Shakesperian texts (http://andreae.unbc.edu). At
the moment, this is only a pilot project which I hope to develop over
the next few months.
Memberships:
ACCUTE
Canadian Comparative Literature Association
Modern Language Association
Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
Canadian Association of University Teachers of German
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I am Dr. Thomas Healy, Senior Lecturer in English at Birkbeck College,
University of London. I heard about REED on the net from some visiting
Americans in the British Library and we have only recently been
properly connected to the net in our offices. My principal
publications are Richard Crashaw (Leiden, 1986), New Latitudes: Theory
and English Renaissance Literature (Edward Arnold, 1992), Christopher
Marlowe (Northcote and the British Council, 1994) and joint editor
(with Jonathan Sawday) of Literature and the English Civil War
(Cambridge, 1990). As this probably indicates, I have not worked
exclusively in drama and indeed have tended to focus more one poetry.
But I have been devoting a good deal of time to a project on the
aesthetics of sectarianism- looking at how ideas of nation and self
were formed through the creation of Protestant identities and this has
brought me to look at the reception of drama from the beginning of the
Reformation to the time of the Civil War- hence my interest in REED.
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I am in my last year as an undergraduate at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill where I have majored in English and focused my
research on the study of Renaissance Drama. I am currently finishing
a thesis on the motif of the poisonous kiss in the tragedies of this
period and am working specifically with Marlowe's Dr. Faustus,
Massinger's Duke of Milan, Middleton's Women Beware Women, The
Revenger's Tragedy, and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Antony and
Cleopatra. I am interested in gender and cultural studies and am
especially interested in body and medical theory. I plan to attend
graduate school through to a doctorate and then to become a professor
in this field.
I hope this little background sketch is of interest to you. I have
just recently begun using the internet and am not terribly sure how
this mail-list system works but am hopeful that it will provide a
chance to see what other people with similar interests are doing and
to open up a channel of exchange and discussion.
Kathryn Benedict
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Presently, I am an assistant professor of languages and literature at
the College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, MN. I hold a PhD in English,
with a concentration in medieval languages and literature, from the
University of Iowa (1994). I am interested in subscribing to the REED
list for two reasons: my primary research interests center on late
medieval culture and literature, including drama (though I've not
published on drama yet); and I hope to offer a course soon at CSS on
early English drama. I heard of the REED list some time ago through an
article published in the Medieval Academy's newsletter (perhaps two or
three years ago). I have since wanted to subscribe, but only recently
(since my move to CSS) have I had the technical support to use
internet.
William F. Hodapp
The College of St Scholastica
1200 Kenwood Drive
Duluth, MN 55811
218/723-5947
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I am a graduate student at the University of Wyoming, Laramie, and my
interests are in Renaissance drama, early American literature, and
feminist, queer, and Marxist theory. I am working on two research
projects at present: a book article on female alliances in the
Renaissance, which will be published in a volume edited by Susan Frye
(Wyoming) and Karen Robertson (Vassar); and my master's thesis, which
discusses representations of the female homoerotic on the English
stage during the last decade or so of Elizabeth's reign (including
court performances).
I heard about REED-L from two sources: E-GRAD (rutgers) and Penn's
listserve resources.
Jessica Tvordi
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I am an assistant professor of English at a small teaching college
in Oklahoma, and I will complete my PhD through the University of
Rochester this spring. My dissertation co-directors are Russ McDonald,
a Shakespeare scholar, and Ken Gross, a Spenser scholar. I am writing
primarily on Ben Jonson, with some attention to George Chapman,
Shakespeare, and a couple of post-1642 playwrights, John Dryden and
Thomas Shadwell. My dissertation is entitled "Ben Jonson and the
Invention of Neoclassicism." I am using classical rhetoric to examine
Jonson's dramatic and poetic practice, especially regarding his
comments on invention and imitation. Among current scholars, those
whose books have been most useful to me are Thomas M. Greene and
Stephen Greenblatt, along with anyone who applies classical rhetoric
to the study of Renaissance literature.
Since coming to Oklahoma four-and-a-half years ago, my greatest
scholarly problem has been isolation from materials and from others
with a common interest in drama and rhetoric. My school is just
beginning to make access to the internet available to the faculty, and
I am hoping to find a scholarly conversation there to make up for the
lack of one in real space. Your electronic address was included on a
list acquired by one of my colleagues, who downloaded it from a source
on the internet. I recognized the acronym from my research.
At present, I am a member of MLA, SCMLA, NCTE, OCTE, the Shakespeare
Association of America, and the South-Central Renaissance Conference.
I am vigorously seeking a new position on the academic job market, but
I'll spare you the details of that project.
Victoria Gaydosik
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I am a third year Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nevada at Las
Vegas. In my dissertation I am focusing on how ethnonationalism is
promoted in the drama of the early modern period. Specifically, I am
examining race, religion, and nationality in Kyd's The Spanish
Tragedy, Marlowe's Jew of Malta, Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice and
Othello, Jonson's Neptune's Triumph for the Return of Albion, and
Middleton's Game at Chess. Other academic interests include computers
and composition, and collaborative writing. I am also the editorial
assistant for the Ben Jonson Journal, published at the University of
Nevada Press.
I have presented conference papers at The Central Renaissance Society,
The Conference on College Composition and Communications, The Pacific
Area Philological Conference, and at The Rocky Mountain Modern
Language Association.
David Phillips
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Department of English
Doctoral Candidate
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702-895-4001
498 Landmark Lane
Henderson, NV 89015
United States
Modern Language Association, National Council of the Teachers of
English, Shakespeare Association of America, Marlowe Society,
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association, Pacific Area
Philological Association
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Name: David J. Duncan
Particular Areas of Interest: Medieval Europe (particularly England
1066-1485); Tudor and Stuart England. I enjoy pursuing both
historical (social, economic and cultural topics) and literary studies
in this time period.
Education: BA University of Arizona (1991): Major: History; Minor:
English
MA University of Virginia pending (Medieval Europe)
MA University of Arizona (Dec. 1995): Library Science
How I heard about REED-L: I found a brief description of your list on
the "Literary and Other Listservs" option in the University of
Pennsylvania's gopher.
One last note: I neglected to mention that I really enjoy
looking at medieval mystery plays such as "Everyman" and "The Second
Shepherds' Play".
David J. Duncan
Graduate Student
U. of Arizona School of Library Science and U. Virginia Dept. of History
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I would like to thank you for your help in joining the Reed-l
listserv. I am a second semester Junior at Winthrop University. I am a
Theatre major with an emphasis on performance. I have a computer
science minor. I hope to get my B.A. here and then move on to get my
M.A.T. (Master of the Arts and Teaching). I am not yet sure where.
Once I recieve my M.A.T. I hope to teach high school while geting my
Ph.D.. Once I recieve that, I want to teach on the college level. I
was introduced to Reed-l and some other listservers by one of my
professors as a source for information and entertainment.
Wes Carver
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Right now I am A student (sophmore) At Virginia Polytech (ie VT) and
am officially studying Environmental Science...Of course This will
change as soon as I am able to increase my grades to an acceptable
level...The change will be to a double major of Communications and
Theater Arts. As for a little bit more and my interest...You probably
noticed that I had a seperate name other than the Troy...That is my
SCA name. You are probably pretty familiar with that group...
And through a friend who wrote an article for our baronial publication
I found your listserve...
My main interest in it is simple. Since the SCA focuses widely on the
era prior to 1600 in Scotland, Ireland, and of course British cultures
to name a few; the time period is right up my alley...As for the Drama
aspect I am the head of a small Theater troupe called Higher Than
Horse Thieves which consists of a small band of students who are
involved with the Sca.
I am always looking for new ideayt actually write. REED-L
seems like the perfect place for this. If you are interested in
knowing more...You have my address, so give me a write.
-Thanks
Troy Herring (Connor Levingstoune)
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I am a PhD student in the English Language and Early English
Literature Dept. of Sydney University. I heard about REED-L from my
supervisor, Margaret Rogerson, who recommended that I contact you to
have my name added to the list.
I am studying the English Mystery Cycles, with particular attention to
the Chester Cycle. I am researching how the plays reflect their local
audience, and am shortly going to the U.K for several months to
consult the local Chester archives. I am currently interested in how
the female characters of the Cycle are portrayed and what significance
this might have for the way the audience received the plays. My
interest in medieval drama includes the morality plays and my honours
thesis was on 'Everyman'.
Denise Ryan.
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I am presently completing my dissertation, which studies the play-
within-the-play as a means of manipulating the expectations and
responses of Tudor and Stuart drama. While the dissertation does not
address textual issues, I am very interested in becoming involved in
textual editing and criticism after receiving my degree.
I am not entirely sure where I heard about the list. I am fairly
certain that it was through the upenn gopher.
David Reinheimer
Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
University of California, Davis
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My academic position is Professor of English and Medieval Studies at
Western Michigan University; I also direct the Early Drama, Art and
Music (EDAM) project and am co-editor of COMPARATIVE DRAMA. If you
want information about publications, I have most recently edited THE
ICONOGRAPHY OF HEAVEN, issued like other EDAM Monograph series books
through Medieval Institute Publications. Further information about
publications (books only? articles?) can be supplied, if you wish to
have it. My current project involves a book-in-progress on Technology,
Guilds, and the Medieval English Stage.
Cliff Davidson
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