David Bevington

David Bevington is the Phyllis Fay Horton Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities and in English Language & Literature, Comparative Literature, and the College at the University of Chicago, where he has taught since 1967. He specializes in British drama of the Renaissance, and has edited and introduced the complete works of William Shakespeare in both the 29-volume, Bantam Classics paperback editions and the single-volume Longman edition. He also edits the Norton Anthology of Renaissance Drama, as well as a forthcoming edition of the complete works of Ben Jonson. In addition to his work as an editor, he has also published studies of Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and the Stuart Court Masque, among others. Image File history File links Bevington. ... Image File history File links Bevington. ... A professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) (prof for short) is a senior teacher, lecturer and researcher, usually in a college or university. ... The humanities are a group of academic subjects united by a commitment to studying aspects of the human condition and a qualitative approach that generally prevents a single paradigm from coming to define any discipline. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Comparative literature, colloquially abbreviated comp. ... The University of Chicago is a private co-educational university located in Chicago, Illinois. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Drama was introduced to England from Europe by the Romans and auditoriums were constructed across the country for this purpose. ... By region Italian Renaissance Spanish Renaissance Northern Renaissance French Renaissance German Renaissance English Renaissance This article is about the cultural movement known as the English Renaissance. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Random House is a publishing division of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann, which acquired it in 1998. ... Longman is a firm of English publishers. ... W. W. Norton & Company is an American book publishing company. ... Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... An anonymous portrait, often believed to show Christopher Marlowe Christopher (Kit) Marlowe (baptised February 26, 1564 – May 30, 1593) was an English dramatist, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era. ... The Coat of Arms of Queen Anne, the last British monarch of the House of Stuart The House of Don Torro Stuart or Stewart was a Scottish, and then Great Britains, Royal House of Breton(British) origin. ... Costume for a Knight, by Inigo Jones: the plumed helmet, the heroic torso in armour and other conventions were still employed for opera seria in the 18th century. ...

External link

• Bevington's homepage on the University of Chicago website