Gail Kern Paster (born 1944) is an American Shakespeare scholar, historian and writer.
Life
editShe was born on November 8, 1944. Paster graduated from North Shore High School in 1962. She received her bachelor's degree from Smith College and her PhD from Yale University.[1][2]
Career
editPaster taught at the George Washington University from 1974 to 2002.[3] From 2002 to 2011, she was the director of the Folger Shakespeare Library.[4]
She has also served as editor of the Shakespeare Quarterly magazine.[5]
Bibliography
editPaster's notable books include:[6][7]
- Humoring the Body: Emotions and the Shakespearean Stage (2004)
- Reading the Early Modern Passions: Essays in the Cultural History of Emotion
- A Midsummer Night's Dream: Texts and Contexts
- The Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare (1986)
- Michaelmas Term: Thomas Middleton
- The Body Embarrassed: Drama and the Disciplines of Shame in Early Modern England (1993).
References
edit- ^ "2011 Honorees - Gail Kern Paster - Amherst College". www.amherst.edu. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Gail Kern Paster - First Folio: The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare - On Tour From The Folger Shakespeare Library". library.brown.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ Trescott, Jacqueline (15 June 2010). "Folger Shakespeare Library's director, Gail Kern Paster, to retire in 2011". Retrieved 1 June 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Gail Kern Paster - Folgerpedia". folgerpedia.folger.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Gail Kern Paster - Shakespeare Quarterly". Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Gail Kern Paster". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
- ^ "Gail Kern Paster", Encyclopedia Britannica, retrieved May 13, 2020