Research and Teaching Interests
Sixteenth and seventeenth-century English literature, particularly music therapy in Shakespeare’s plays; emblem books; imagination; bees in the Renaissance; Christianity and literature; eighteenth-century literature; science fiction
Education
Ph.D., English & Cultural Studies, McMaster University, 2010. “‘The World in Man’s Heart’: The Faculty of Imagination in Early Modern English Literature.”
Upcoming Talks / Presentations
(forthcoming) Organizer, Northern Plains Conference on Early British Literature. Brandon University, 26-28 April 2018.
Upcoming Plays
A series of five inter-connected plays that can be performed singly or as a group. The plays focus on aspects of the Protestant Reformation, particularly in celebration of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s public display of the 95 theses. The plays are open access, and can be performed by anyone. If you have questions, please contact me.
Courses
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English 161: Twentieth-Century Literature
English 281: Science Fiction
English 339: Shakespeare I
English 360: Age of Beheadings
English 362: Restoration and 18th-Century Literature
Room 105 Clark Hall
270-18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
R7A 6A9
Phone: (204) 727-9678
Email: smidd@brandonu.ca