Joseph Navitsky
Professor
Main Hall 114
JNavitsky@wcupa.edu
610-436-1035
Education
- Ph.D., Boston University
- M.A., Boston University
- B.A., Saint Joseph's University
Selected Professional Activity
- Assistant Director, Shakespeare Association of America (SAA) (2013-16)
Interests
- Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature
- Shakespeare in American and Canadian culture and education
Selected Publications
“Conforming to Authority: The Summe and Substance and Satiric Expression in the Early Stuart Era.” New Essays on History and Form in Early Modern Literature. Eds. Gail Kern Paster and Nick Moschovakis. Routledge (2024). 98-113.
“One-Act Shakespeare: Teaching Cultural Legacy Through Excerpts and Adaptations.” Teaching Shakespeare Beyond the Major. Eds. M. Tyler Sasser and Emma K. Atwood. Palgrave Macmillan (2024). 41-55.
Shakespeare and Civil Unrest in Britain and the United States. Co-edited with Mark Bayer. Routledge Studies in Shakespeare (2021).
“Introduction.” Co-written with Mark Bayer. In Shakespeare and Civil Unrest in Britain and the United States. 1-13.
“The American Civil War and the 1864 Tercentenary of Shakespeare’s Birth.” In Shakespeare and Civil Unrest in Britain and the United States. 59-74.
“Charlotte Porter, Poet-Lore, and the Early Evolution of American Shakespeare Studies.” American Periodicals: A Journal of History and Criticism 31.2 (2021): 117-133.
“Introducing Students to Professional Associations.” Teaching English at the Two-Year College 48.3 (2021): 350-53.
“Epithet and Esteem: The Reception of Momus in Early Modern English Culture.” International Journal of the Classical Tradition 27.4 (2020): 531–53.
“Raymond Chandler and the ‘Shakespearean Touch.’” Journal of American Culture 37.2 (2014): 198-214.
“Scurrilous Jests and Retaliatory Abuse in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida.” English Literary Renaissance 42.1 (2012): 3-31.
“Disputing Good Bishop’s English: Martin Marprelate and the Voice of Menippean Opposition.” Texas Studies in Literature and Language 50.2 (2008): 177-200.