Research Expertise and Interest

English literature, Shakespeare, English renaissance, Spenser, drama, theater, American film history, film theory and production, critical theory, imperialism, nationalism, mass entertainment, authorship

Research Description

Jeffrey Knapp is the author of four books: An Empire Nowhere: England, America, and Literature from Utopia to The Tempest (1992); Shakespeare's Tribe: Church, Nation, and Theater in Renaissance England (2002); Shakespeare Only (2009); and Pleasing Everyone: Mass Entertainment in Renaissance London and Golden-Age Hollywood (2017).