by Sonya Freeman Loftis (Author)
Examines the interrelations of Shakespeare studies and disability studies, and demonstrates that Shakespeare can be read through disability theory in ways that need not rely on character-based analysis.
Author Biography
Sonya Freeman Loftis, Professor of English, Morehouse College
Sonya Freeman Loftis is Director of English and Professor of English at Morehouse College, where she specializes in early modern drama, Shakespeare and appropriation, and disability studies. She is the author of
Shakespeare's Surrogates (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and
Imagining Autism (Indiana University Press, 2015), as well as the co-editor of
Shakespeare's Hamlet in an Era of Textual Exhaustion (Routledge, 2017). Her work on drama and disability has appeared in journals and collections such as
Shakespeare Survey, The Disability Studies Reader, Disability Studies Quarterly, and
Shakespeare Bulletin. She currently serves on the editorial boards of
Disability Studies Quarterly, Review of Disability Studies, and
Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture.
Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 0.4 x 8 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: June 08, 2021
