Stephen Orgel is Professor of English at Stanford University. Best known as a scholar of Shakespeare, Orgel writes primarily about the political and historical context of Renaissance literature.[1]
Orgel received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1954 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1959.[2] He has taught at Stanford since 1985
Selected critical works
- 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 and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford, 1991.
References
- ^ Kermode, Frank (11 January 2004). "Avon Calling". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ "Faculty Profile". Stanford University. Retrieved 3 January 2010.