Cogut Institute for the Humanities
Center for the Study of the Early Modern World

Karen Newman

Owen F. Walker '33 Professor Emerita of Humanities, Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature, Professor Emerita of English
Research Interests Shakespeare; comparative early modern letters and cultures

Biography

Karen Newman is Owen Walker '33 Professor Emerita of Humanities and Professor Emerita of Comparative Literature and English at Brown University. She has written widely on early modern letters and culture and on Shakespeare and Renaissance drama. Recent books include Cultural Capitals: Early Modern London and Paris (Princeton University Press, 2007, paperback, 2009) and Essaying Shakespeare (University of Minnesota Press, 2009).