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Contact Information

208 English Building

Professor

Research Interests

Early modern English literature and culture, with an emphasis upon literature's participation in political debate; Senecan tragedy; classical reception; historicist criticism; drama.

Courses Taught

Early British literature; history of drama; renaissance drama; Shakespeare; Milton; other interesting things!

Additional Campus Affiliations

Professor, English
Professor, Classics
Professor, Program in Medieval Studies
Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

Highlighted Publications

Perry, C. (2020). Shakespeare and Senecan Tragedy. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866316

Perry, C. (2006). Literature and favoritism in early modern England. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511483875

Perry, C. (1997). The Making of Jacobean Culture: James I and the Renegotiation of Elizabethan Literary Practice. Cambridge University Press.

Perry, C. (2019). New Directions After Decorum: Self-Performance and Political Liminality in Antony and Cleopatra. In D. Lovascio (Ed.), Antony and Cleopatra: A Critical Reader (pp. 113-132). (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides). The Arden Shakespeare. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350049932.ch-005

Perry, C. (2020). Gregorio Correr, James Calfhill, and the Early Elizabethan Affordances of Senecan Tragedy. Translation and Literature, 29(1), 117-135. https://doi.org/10.3366/tal.2020.0412

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