Catherine Thomas, Assistant Professor
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- 16th- and 17th-century British literature, especially drama |
Office: 22A Glebe St. #107 (843) 953-4978 thomasc {at} cofc.edu |
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| Personal website: www.cofc.edu/~thomasc/ | ||
Profile Dr. Thomas joined the English department at the College of Charleston in January 2005. Previously, she taught classes at the Pennsylvania State University, where she earned her Master's and Ph.D. degrees in English Renaissance literature. Currently, she instructs first-year composition courses, the early British literature survey, and Renaissance literature (especially Shakespeare) at the undergraduate and graduate levels. She is currently working on a monograph on early modern representations of poisoning and an article project on Shakespeare and pop culture. Dr. T. is director of the British Studies Program. |
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Recent Publications and Presentations "Poisoned Justice: Passion and Politics in The Winter's Tale." In Justice, Women, and Power in English Renaissance Drama. Ed. Emily Detmer-Goebel and Andy Majeski. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Under external review at press. "Nunn's Sweet Transvestite: Desiring Viola in Twelfth Night." The Journal of Popular Culture 41.2 (April 2008): 306-20. Mar. 2008. Presenter, "Bloody Rights: Macbeth and the Politics of Tyranny." Shakespeare Association of America Meeting (Dallas, TX) Sept. 2007. Presenter, "Teaching Comic Shakespeare: Illustrated Plays and the Interpretive Landscape." Popular Culture Association in the South Conference (Jacksonville, FL) April 2007. Presenter, "Comic Shakespeare: Staging, Paging, and Gauging for the Twenty-First Century Audience." Shakespeare Association of America Meeting (San Diego, CA) "Chaste Bodies and Poisonous Desires in Milton's Maske." Studies in English Literature 46.2 (Spring 2006). "Teaching Tyranny in Shakespeare." Co-presented with Heather Alexander. The Popular Culture Association of the South Conference. Savannah, GA. October 2006.
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