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Prof Peter Womack

Peter Womack
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Professor of Literature and Drama  P dot Womack at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 2296  
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Biography

My research and teaching deal with drama and theatricality in many periods from the Renaissance to the present day, especially including Shakespeare, and especially interested in the relation between theatrical forms and political and cultural history.

I am currently working on a book about the various applications and histories of the idea of dialogue.

Academic Background

1976 - PGCE, Manchester University

1984 - PhD in English Literature, Edinburgh University

1988 - Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of East Anglia

Key Research Interests

Drama and theatricality in many periods from the Renaissance to the present day, especially including Shakespeare, and especially interested in the relation between theatrical forms and political and cultural history.

 


Teaching Interests

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Number of items: 7.

Article

Womack, Peter (2008) The Comical Scene: Perspective and Civility on the Renaissance Stage. Representations, 101. pp. 32-56.

Womack, Peter (2007) Nobody, Somebody, and King Lear. New Theatre Quarterly, 23 (3). pp. 195-207.

Book Section

Womack, Peter (2010) The Writing of Travel. In: A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. Blackwell , pp. 527-542. ISBN 9781405187626

Womack, Peter (2004) Holidays. In: The Language, Discourse and Society Reader. Palgrave, pp. 192-210. ISBN 0-3337-63726

Womack, Peter (2002) Secularising King Lear: Shakespeare, Tate and the Sacred. In: Shakespeare Survey. Cambridge University Press, pp. 76-85. ISBN 0521815878

Book

Womack, Peter (2011) Dialogue (The New Critical Idiom). Routledge, London. ISBN 0415329221

Womack, Peter (2006) English Renaissance Drama. Blackwell, p. 325. ISBN 978-0631226307

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Administrative Posts/Responsibilities

  • 2005 - Associate Dean for Admissions, Faculty of Arts & Humanities
  • 2006 - Course Director, English and American Literature (QT37)
  • 2006 - Member of School Teaching Committee
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