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 the author of Europe's Languages on England's Stages, 1590-1620 (forthcoming from Ashgate) and has contributed essays on stage languages to several books. She is currently working on an article on the Royal Exchange in Heywood’s plays and another on Shakespearean allusions and torture in John Dryden’s Amboyna. When not teaching and writing, she enjoys skiing, canoeing, eating, knitting, and playing with her cat.
Degrees
B.A. 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 Writing
Courses Taught
5160: English Drama to 1642
4090: Shakespeare: The Tragedies
4080: Shakespeare: The Comedies
4070: Shakespeare: The Histories
2000: Interpreting Literature
MRST 5000: Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar
Selected Publications and Presentations
Europe's Languages on England's Stages, 1590-1620 forthcoming from Ashgate in 2011.
"Listening to the Emissary in Middleton's No Wit, No Help Like a Woman's," in Emissaries in Early Modern Literature and Culture, 1500-1700, ed. Brinda Charry and Gitanjali Shahani. Ashgate, 2009.
"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.
