 | Lawrence Manley |
Lawrence Manley, the newly named William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, specializes in literature of the English and Continental Renaissance, theater studies and the history of literary criticism.
His writing and teaching have focused on the poetry, prose and drama of 16th- and 17th-century Britain, with a particular emphasis on literature and society, theater history, intellectual history, and the classical foundations of the English literary and critical traditions.
Manley is the author of "Literature and Culture in Early Modern London," and "Convention, 1500-1750," which won the René Wellek Prize of the American Comparative Literature Association. He is the editor of "London in the Age of Shakespeare: An Anthology" and a contributor to "The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism," "The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature" and "The Blackwell Companion to Renaissance Drama."
Manley's current project, called "Reading Repertory," examines Shakespeare's plays in relation to the non-Shakespearean plays in the repertories of the companies with which Shakespeare was associated.
A member of the Yale faculty since 1976, Manley has been director of undergraduate studies in English since 2004. He has also served as chair of the Renaissance Studies Program (1991-1998); director of graduate studies in the Renaissance Studies Program (1985-1986) and in the Department of English (1987-1990); and chair of the Theater Studies advisory board (2003-2005). Manley has also taught in the Yale-in-London program at the Paul Mellon Centre for British Art in London.
A graduate of Dartmouth College, Manley earned his master's and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. He has received numerous academic honors, including fellowships from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Guggenheim Foundation, Yale and the American Council of Learned Societies.
A frequent book reviewer for scholarly publications, Manley has lectured on 16th- and 17th-century literature and culture at Yale's galleries and at international conferences. During the spring semester he will present a talk at a conference being offered in conjunction with the exhibition "Searching for Shakespeare" at the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Manley is an instrument-rated pilot and a faculty adviser to Yale Aviation, an independent, non-profit flying club and educational organization.
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Lawrence Manley: William R. Kenan Jr.
Professor of English
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