College of Humanities People

Alan Farmer, Assistant Professor

Department of English: http://english.osu.edu/

Office Information
411 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: farmer.109@osu.edu
Phone: 614-247-8894

Office Hours:
Winter 2010: Tuesday, 12-1pm; Thursday, 12-1pm, 3:30-4:30pm; and by appointment.

General Background:
Assistant Professor (Ph.D., Columbia University), focusing on Shakespeare and early modern drama, the history of the book, England in the 1630s, seventeenth-century news and religious politics. Author of articles on Shakespeare, Jonson, the early modern news trade, and the publication of Renaissance drama. Co-editor (with Adam Zucker) of Localizing Caroline Drama: Politics and Economics of the Early Modern English Stage, 1625-1642 (Palgrave, 2006). Co-creator (with Zachary Lesser) of DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks, an online searchable database of all printed plays from the early sixteenth century to 1660, which was launched in November 2007. Currently working on a book-length study of playbooks, newsbooks, and the politics of the Thirty Years' War in early modern England.

Winter 2010 Courses: "Writing for English Majors" (English 398); "Seminar in Shakespeare" (English 820)

Spring 2010 Courses: "Shakespeare" (English 520.01N); "Literary Locations: Venice" (English 595)

Additional information about the "Literary Locations: Venice" course is available on the OIA website. Applications for admission are due on February 1, 2010.

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