Gail Kern Paster
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Gail Kern Paster (born 1944) is an American Shakespeare scholar, historian and writer.
Life
[edit | edit source]She 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
[edit | edit source]Paster 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] and as interim president and librarian of the Newberry Library from April to October 2023.[6]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]Paster's notable books include:[7][8]
- 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).
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External links
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