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:
Summer 2011: off duty. Autumn 2011: by appointment.
411 Denney Hall, 164 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210
Email: farmer.109@osu.edu
Phone: 614-247-8894
Office Hours:
Summer 2011: off duty. Autumn 2011: 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 2012 Courses:
"Shakespeare and Film" (English 378)
"Introduction to Graduate Study in Renaissance Drama" (English 720)
Spring 2012 Courses:
"Shakespeare" (English 520.01)
"History of the Book" (MRS 611)
Renaissance
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