Elizabeth Gruber

Selected Publications

Books

• The Eco-Self in Early Modern English Literature. Amsterdam UP, March 2023.
• Renaissance Ecopolitics from Shakespeare to Bacon: Rethinking Cosmopolis. Routledge, 2017.

Articles in Refereed Journals or Edited Collections

• "The Story-telling Self in The Lightkeepers: A Reply to The Tempest." Forthcoming, LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory.
• "Indigo's Challenge to The Tempest: Explorations in Eco-Phenomenology." Forthcoming, Ecoadaptation, edited by Pamela Demory, Palgrave.
• "Wrestling with the Eco-Self in John Webster's Duchess of Malfi. LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory, vol. 32, no. 3, Oct. 2021, pp. 231-49.
• "The Verdant Imagination in Shakespeare's Sonnets." Shakespeare and Botany, edited by Susan Staub, Amsterdam UP, 2023.
• "Nature on the Verge: Confronting 'Bare Life' in Arden of Faversham and King Lear. ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, vol. 22, no. 1, 2015, pp. 98-114.
• "Building the Necropolis: Killing Mother/Nature in The Spanish Tragedy and Titus Andronicus. LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory, vol, 25, no. 4, 2014, pp. 271-90.
• "Back to the Future: Ecological Crisis and Recalcitrant Memory in The Tempest and Tar Baby. LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory, vol. 21, no. 4, 2010, pp. 223-41.
• "Practical Magic: Empathy and Alienation in Harlem Duet." LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory, vol. 19, no. 4, Oct. 2008, pp. 346-66.
• "Erotic Politics Reconsidered: Desdemona's Challenge to Othello." Borrowers & Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation, vol., 3, no. 2, 2008.
• "'No Woman Would Die Like That': Stage Beauty as Corrective Counter-Point to Othello." Situating the Feminist Gaze and Spectatorship in Post World War II Cinema. Edited by Marcelline Block, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.
• "Dead Girls Do It Better: Gazing Rights and the Production of Knowledge in Othello and Oroonoko." LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory vol. 14, 2003, pp. 99-117.
• "Insurgent Flesh: Epistemology and Violence in Othello and Mariam." Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 32, 2003, pp. 393-410. Rpt. in Ashgate Critical Essays on Women Writers in England, 1550-1700: Volume 6, Elizabeth Cary, edited by Karen Raber, Ashgate, 2009.

Courses Most Commonly Taught

• Survey of British Literature from the Middle Ages to 1800
• Shakespeare
• Introduction to Literature
• Composition
• Advanced Topics in British Literature

Areas of Expertise

• Shakespeare
• Renaissance Literature
• Adaptation
• Literary Theory

Courses Developed

I have created courses focusing on Shakespearean adaptation, which I taught as both a liberal arts seminar and an upper-level literature course. I have also created specialized courses focusing on key aspects of English Renaissance literature; these have been offered as advanced literature courses.

Research Areas

• Shakespeare
• Shakespearean adaptation
• Renaissance literature and culture
• Ecocritical approaches to Renaissance texts

Articles Published

• "Building the Necropolis: Killing Mother/Nature in The Spanish Tragedy and Titus Andronicus. Forthcoming, LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory.
• "Back to the Future: Ecological Crisis and Recalcitrant Memory in The Tempest and Tar Baby. LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory 21.4 (2010): 223-41.
• "Insurgent Flesh: Epistemology and Violence in Othello and Mariam." Rpt. in Ashgate Critical Essays on Women Writers in England, 1550-1700: Elizabeth Cary. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate, 2009.
• "Practical Magic: Empathy and Alienation in Harlem Duet." LIT: Literature, Interpretation, Theory 19.4 (October 2008): 346-66.
• "Erotic Politics Reconsidered: Desdemona's Challenge to Othello." Borrowers & Lenders: The Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation. 3.2 (Spring/Summer 2008).
• "'No Woman Would Die Like That': Stage Beauty as Corrective Counter-Point to Othello." Situating the Feminist Gaze and Spectatorship in Post World War II Cinema. Ed. Marcelline Block. New Castle, United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008.
• "Dead Girls Do It Better: Gazing Rights and the Production of Knowledge in Othello and Oroonoko." LIT: Literature Interpretation Theory 14 (2003): 99-117.
• "Insurgent Flesh: Epistemology and Violence in Othello and Mariam." Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 32 (2003): 393-410.