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Curtis Perry

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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

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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Recent Publications

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