Currently viewing the category: "Uncategorized"

Theatre and Testimony: A Sneak Preview

By On 12/12/2011 · 2 Comments

My book, Theatre and Testimony in Shakespeare’s England: A Culture of Mediation, has just been published by Cambridge University Press in the UK; by January, it will be out in the US and Canada as well. CUP have made some excerpts available on their [...]

Continue Reading →

Yes, You Can Be a Professor

By On 15/11/2011 · 41 Comments

Larry Cebula, a historian at Eastern Washington University who blogs at Northwest History, is telling keen undergrads they should not go to grad school, because they won’t get a job anyway: “The reason you are not going to be a professor is because that job is going away, and yet doctoral programs continue [...]

Continue Reading →

Shakespearean Mythbusting I: The Fantasy of the Unsurpassed Vocabulary

By On 23/10/2011 · 19 Comments

As I argued in a post last week, academic Shakespeareans need to confront those who make it their mission to convince the public that Shakespeare didn’t write the plays Shakespeare wrote. We can’t afford to ignore these claims, lest we appear scared, indifferent, or silently consenting. But unlike some of my colleagues, I think [...]

Continue Reading →

Nice to Meet You Too, Stephen Marche

By On 18/07/2011 · 5 Comments

This is a post-script of sorts to my review of Stephen Marche’s How Shakespeare Changed Everything. Go read that post if you haven’t yet.

Two days ago, I gave voice to my increasing frustration with Marche’s book. Like so:

Yesterday, as I was working on my review, I received an email response [...]

Continue Reading →