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I came to the University of Hawai`i in 1970.
As a specialist in Restoration and Eighteenth-Century literature,
I've written mostly on Dryden, often in an old historicist manner.
I edited a selection of historical materials related to Absalom
and Achitophel. Currently I'm working on a life of Dryden's contemporary,
Roger North, an early biographer, essayist, and Tory historian of
the reign of Charles II. As a regular teacher of Shakespeare, I've
become interested in studying the adaptations of his plays, expecially
those done in the Restoration, as well as nineteenth-century operas
and modern films. I've studied the relationship between literature
and both the visual arts and music, exploring the possible application
of ideas about the mannerist and baroque styles to literary forms.
Areas of Interest
Restoration and 18th-century literature, Shakespeare,
literature and art
Education
BA, MA, Boston University
PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
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