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Gail Kern Paster

Gail Kern Paster

American historian

Gail Kern Paster (born 1944) is an American Shakespeare scholar, historian and writer.

Life

She was born on 8 November 1944. Paster graduated from North Shore High School (New York) in 1962. She received her bachelor's degree from Smith College and her PhD from Yale University.[1][2]

Career

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]

Bibliography

Paster's notable books include:[6][7]

  • 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).

References

  1. [1]
    "2011 Honorees - Gail Kern Paster - Amherst College". www.amherst.edu. Archived from the original on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Gail Kern Paster - First Folio: The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare - On Tour From The Folger Shakespeare Library". library.brown.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. [3]
    Trescott, Jacqueline (15 June 2010). "Folger Shakespeare Library's director, Gail Kern Paster, to retire in 2011". Retrieved 1 June 2018 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. [4]
    "Gail Kern Paster - Folgerpedia". folgerpedia.folger.edu. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Gail Kern Paster - Shakespeare Quarterly". Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Gail Kern Paster". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Gail Kern Paster", Encyclopedia Britannica, retrieved May 13, 2020
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