| Michael O'Connell is a Professor in the English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he has taught since 1970. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1971, and his central interests include Renaissance literature (Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton); and medieval and Renaissance Drama. He is the author of Mirror and Veil: The Historical Dimension of Spenser's Faerie Queene (1977), Robert Burton (1986), The Idolatrous Eye: Iconoclasm and Theater in Early Modern England (2000), as well as articles on Spenser, Catullus, Petrach, Milton, and Handel. Professor O'Connell is currently at work on a project about the relations between the late medieval theater and the Elizabethan stage. |
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Areas of Interest |
- Renaissance Literature
- Medieval and Renaissance Drama
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Books and Recent Articles |
- The Idolatrous Eye: Iconoclasm and Theater in Early Modern England
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2000)
- "Vital Cultural Practices: Shakespeare and the Mysteries," JMEMS 29
(1999)
- Robert Burton (G. K. Hall, 1986)
- Mirror and Veil: The Historical Dimension of Spenser's Faerie Queene
(University of North Carolina Press, 1977)
- Editor and Translator of Elisaeis by William Alabaster
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Current Projects |
- The relations between the late medieval theater and the Elizabethan stage
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Recent Course Offerings |
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| Quarter |
Course |
Title |
| Spring 2010 |
ENGL 116B |
Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Spring 2009 |
ENGL 116B |
Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Winter 2008 |
ENGL 116B |
Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Spring 2007 |
ENGL 116B |
Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Spring 2007 |
ENGL 116BS |
Seminar for Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Winter 2007 |
ENGL 105B |
Shakespeare: Later Plays |
| Winter 2007 |
ENGL 105BS |
Seminar for Shakespeare: Later Plays |
| Spring 2006 |
ENGL 116B |
Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Spring 2006 |
ENGL 116BS |
Seminar for Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Winter 2006 |
ENGL 105A |
Shakespeare: Poems and Early Plays |
| Winter 2006 |
ENGL 105AS |
Seminar for Shakespeare: Poems and Early Plays |
| Spring 2005 |
ENGL 116B |
Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Spring 2005 |
ENGL 116BS |
Seminar for Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Winter 2005 |
ENGL 105A |
Shakespeare: Poems and Early Plays |
| Winter 2005 |
ENGL 105AS |
Seminar for Shakespeare: Poems and Early Plays |
| Winter 2005 |
ENGL 230 |
Studies in Medieval Literature |
| Winter 2004 |
ENGL 15 |
Introduction to Shakespeare |
| Fall 2003 |
ENGL 116A |
Biblical Literature: The Old Testament |
| Fall 2003 |
ENGL 116AS |
Seminar for Biblical Literature: The Old Testament |
| Spring 2003 |
ENGL 15 |
Introduction to Shakespeare |
| Spring 2003 |
ENGL 15S |
Seminar for Introduction to Shakespeare
: Honors Section |
| Winter 2003 |
ENGL 116B |
Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Winter 2003 |
ENGL 116BS |
Seminar for Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Winter 2003 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar
: The Moment of Utopia |
| Summer (B) 2002 |
ENGL 105B |
Shakespeare: Later Plays |
| Summer (B) 2002 |
ENGL 152A |
Chaucer: Canterbury Tales |
| Winter 2002 |
ENGL 101 |
English Literature from the Medieval Period to 1650 |
| Winter 2002 |
ENGL 116A |
Biblical Literature: The Old Testament |
| Fall 2001 |
ENGL 162 |
Milton |
| Fall 2001 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar |
| Spring 2001 |
ENGL 197 |
Upper-Division Seminar |
| Spring 2001 |
ENGL 230 |
Studies in Medieval Literature
: The Old and the New: Medieval and Renaissance Drama |
| Winter 2001 |
ENGL 116B |
Biblical Literature: The New Testament |
| Winter 2001 |
ENGL 162 |
Milton |
| Fall 2000 |
ENGL 105B |
Shakespeare: Later Plays |
