Kate O'Connor
Academic Position:
Graduate
Research Interests:
Early Modern Drama 1500-1700
Kate O'Connor is currently pursuing her M.St. in English Literature 1550-1700 at Lincoln College, University of Oxford. She focuses on early modern drama, and her dissertation deals with stage devils' use of legal strategies. In 2009 she co-founded the student theatre production company Barbarian Productions, with whom she directed a production of Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Kate holds a BA in English from Stanford University in English with a minor in Political Science. As an undergraduate, she worked as the research assistant to Professor David Riggs and as a Literary Intern for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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| 1 | The language of Shakespeare | Actors and the director talk about how they have approached and worked with their student… | Kate O'Connor |
| 2 | Two Gentlemen of Verona: The view from the Director | The director talks about how she adapted the script and directed the student Shakespeare production… | Kate O'Connor |
| 3 | The Curious Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald | F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)… | Kate O'Connor |
| 4 | Lost Generation | World War I, originally called the Great War, resulted in more than nine million deaths. The… | Kate O'Connor |
| 5 | English Renaissance Timeline: Some Historical and Cultural Dates | This list offers an overview of some historical and cultural dates from the English Renaissance,… | Kate O'Connor |
| 6 | Thomas Kyd: An English Tragedy | Very little is known about the life of Renaissance playwright… | Kate O'Connor |
| 7 | Notions of Authorship | This essay offers suggestions for how material on the Great Writers Inspire site can be used as… | Kate O'Connor |
| 8 | What is Literature, and Why Does It Matter? | With the latest financial crisis came budget cuts, and with budget cuts came questions - why do… | Kate O'Connor |
| 9 | Approaching Political Literature | This essay offers suggestions for how material on the Great Writers Inspire site can be used as… | Kate O'Connor |
| 10 | Feminist Approaches to Literature | This essay offers a very basic introduction to feminist literary theory, and a compendium of… | Kate O'Connor |