Abstract
Dr. Maggie Vinter has been the specialist in Early Modern (pre-1800) literature and Shakespeare at Case Western Reserve University’s English Department for the last eleven years. Prior to that, she received her doctorate degree at Johns Hopkins University in 2013. In 2019, she published Last Acts: The Art of Dying on the Early Modern Stage (Fordham University Press), where she explored not only the theatricality and farcicality of death in the theater of the 15th and 16th centuries, but in the act of death as a whole. In particular, this research is based upon the existence of “death books,” which detailed the correct ways to both prepare and practice for death. Some of her current research is based on earworms (or fragments of words and songs stuck in a character’s head) as a sign of interiority and conscience within Early Modern characters. Some of the classes she currently teaches at Case include the “Renaissance Literature” series — which includes such topics as “Gender and Sexuality” and “Magic and Science” — “Shakespeare and Film,” and survey courses on Shakespearean literature.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity with Dr. Vinter’s consent.
Recommended Citation
(2024)
"Dr. Maggie Vinter: The Early Modern, Now,"
Discussions: Vol. 20:
Iss.
1, Article 3.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.28953/2997-2582.1061
Available at:
https://commons.case.edu/discussions/vol20/iss1/3