Personal profile
Biography
Dermot Cavanagh joined the department in 2004 having taught previously at the universities of Northumbria and Exeter. He has written widely on early modern literature, especially on Shakespeare and Renaissance theatre.
Research Interests
Dermot Cavanagh’s principal research interest lies in early modern political drama. He has edited King John for the third edition of the Norton Shakespeare (forthcoming, 2015) and is working on a critical study of Shakespeare and the commonwealth. He welcomes research proposals in any area of early modern literature and theatre, but especially from those with interests in the following: Shakespeare; Marlowe; Elizabethan and Jacobean drama; Reformation and sixteenth-century writing; modern and contemporary adaptations of Shakespeare.
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Friendship and the common good in 'Julius Caesar'
Cavanagh, D., Oct 2024, In: The Review of English Studies (RES). 75, 321, p. 403-418 16 p., hgae038.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dialogue, debate, and orality in Ralph Robinson's Utopias
Cavanagh, D., 30 Nov 2023, The Oxford Handbook of Thomas More's Utopia. Shrank, C. & Withington, P. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 278-294 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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William Drummond of Hawthornden as reader of Renaissance drama
Cavanagh, D., Sept 2015, In: The Review of English Studies (RES). 66, 276, p. 676-97 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Edinburgh introduction to studying English literature: Second edition
Cavanagh, D., Gillis, A., Keown, M., Loxley, J. & Stevenson, R., 1 Apr 2014, Edinburgh University Press. 261 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Politic Bodies in Macbeth
Cavanagh, D., 27 Feb 2014, Macbeth: The State of Play. Thompson, A. (ed.). London: Bloomsbury , p. 61-82 21 p. (Arden Shakespeare The State of Play).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
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External Examiner MLitt University of Glasgow
Cavanagh, D. (Examiner)
1 Oct 2017 → 30 Sept 2021Activity: Examination types › External Examiner or Assessor
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Journal of the Northern Renaissance (Journal)
Cavanagh, D. (Guest editor)
2017Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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W.W. Norton & Co (Publisher)
Cavanagh, D. (Editor)
2016Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Theater, Citizenship and the Law
Cavanagh, D. (Speaker)
18 Jun 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Early Modern Commonwealths
Cavanagh, D. (Organiser)
22 Nov 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference