Marianne Montgomery joined ECU's English faculty in 2006. She specializes in Shakespeare and Renaissance drama and is particularly interested in English accounts of cultural encounter, including the work of Thomas Harriot, the namesake of ECU's College of Arts and Sciences. She is currently at work on a book-length study of foreign languages on the early modern English stage and has contributed an essay on stage Dutch to The Mysterious and Foreign in Early Modern England. She is also researching an article on Renaissance plays that represent contemporary historical events. When not teaching and writing, she enjoys skiing, backpacking, eating, knitting, and playing with her cat.

Degrees
A.B. Wellesley College
M.A. University of Virginia
Ph.D. University of Virginia

Primary Areas of Research/Teaching
Shakespeare
Renaissance Drama
Early Modern Cultural Contact/Travel

Courses Taught
4090: Shakespeare: The Tragedies
4080: Shakespeare: The Comedies
2000: Interpreting Literature

Selected Publications and Presentations
"Speaking the Language, Knowing the Trade: Foreign Speech and Commercial Opportunity in The Shoemaker's Holiday," in The Mysterious and Foreign in Early Modern England, ed. Helen Ostovich, Mary Silcox, and Graham Roebuck. University of Delaware Press, 2008. (forthcoming)

"Listening to the Emissary in Middleton's No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's," in Early Modern Emissaries in Literature, 1500-1700, ed. Brinda Charry and Gitanjali Shahani. Ashgate, 2008. (forthcoming)