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

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.