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David Scott Kastan

Title: George M. Bodman Professor Emeritus of English

Institution: Yale

Discipline: Literature & Writing

Appearances: 1

Notable: First American General Editor of The Arden Shakespeare; author of 'Shakespeare and the Shapes of Time,' 'Shakespeare After Theory,' 'Shakespeare and the Book,' and 'A Will to Believe: Shakespeare and Religion'; editor of The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature; BA from Princeton, PhD from University of Chicago

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Biography

Renowned Shakespeare scholar whose primary intellectual concern has been with the relations of literature and history in early modern England, with a particular interest in material culture and the history of texts. He has served as a general editor of the Arden Shakespeare and authored four books on Shakespeare.

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