Stephen Orgel
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Stephen Orgelis Professor of English atStanford University.Best known as ascholarofShakespeare,Orgel writes primarily about thepoliticalandhistoricalcontext ofRenaissance literature.[1]
Orgel received his B.A. fromColumbia Universityin 1954 and his Ph.D. fromHarvard Universityin 1959.[2]He has taught at Stanford since 1985. He is a noted book collector.[3]
Selected critical works[edit]
- The Illusion of Power.U California P, 1975.
- Impersonations:The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's England.Cambridge, 1996.
- The Authentic Shakespeare.Routledge, 2002.
- Imagining Shakespeare.Palgrave, 2003.
- John Milton: The Major Works.Edited by Orgel andJonathan Goldberg.Oxford, 1991.
References[edit]
- ^Kermode, Frank (11 January 2004)."Avon Calling".The New York Times.Retrieved3 January2010.
- ^"Faculty Profile".Stanford University.Retrieved3 January2010.
- ^"Talk with book collector Stephen Orgel".YouTube.18 July 2011.