Faculty Directory
Marcy North
Associate Professor of English
Contact:
254 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802
Office Phone: 814-865-9703
mln14@psu.edu
Office Hours:
Monday 12:15-1:45 and Thursday 9-10:30
Educational History:
Ph.D. University of Michigan
B.A. Wesleyan University
Research Interests:
The history of the book; Early Modern poetry and prose, especially lyric poetry, ecclesiastical debate, and satire; late Medieval literature; post-print manuscript culture, authorship, and anonymity; early women writers; theories of material text
Awards:
Fellowships at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Huntington Library, and Newberry Library
Grants and fellowships for research from Florida State University
Major Publications:
The Anonymous Renaissance: Cultures of Discretion in Tudor-Stuart England
Teaching Statement:
My cultural approach to teaching leads just as often to a close reading of a poem as it does to the analysis of the italic hand or to a theoretical discussion of gender and media; I have found that using material culture as a starting point is an extremely effective way to help students navigate the complexities of literary interpretation.
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