Background
Marcus, Leah S. was born on September 12, 1945 in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Newman Wilson and Mary Mildred (Cook) Powell.
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Unediting the Renaissance is a path-breaking and timely look at the issues of the textual editing of Renaissance works. Both erudite and accessible, it will be a fascinating and provocative read for any Renaissance student or scholar. Leah Marcus argues that 'bad' versions of Renaissance texts such as Shakespeare's First Folio should not be viewed as mutilated copies of originals, but rather reputable alternatives encoding differences in ideology, cultural meaning and other elements of performance. Marcus focuses on key Renaissance works- Dr Faustus, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet and poems by Milton, Donne and Herrick - to re-exmaine how editorial intervention shapes the texts which are widely accepted as 'definitive'. Examining the cultural attitudes, fears and influences which influence textual editors, from the seveteenth century to the present day, Marcus sheds new light on a previously unexamined aspect of Renaissance studies. A lively critique of current theoretical practices, Unediting the Renaissance will shift the ways in which Shakespeare and his contemporaries are edited and read.
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"Leah Marcus's The Politics of Mirth: Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Marvell, and the Defense of Old Holiday Pastimes is a fascinating study of why James and Charles promoted some types of rural sport and festival and of how certain literary texts participated in promoting or critiquing royal policy. . . . Marcus provocatively links texts not often studied in conjunction with one another, and she provides strong and detailed readings of those texts."—Jean E. Howard
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Marcus, Leah S. was born on September 12, 1945 in Valparaiso, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Newman Wilson and Mary Mildred (Cook) Powell.
Bachelor, Carleton College, 1967. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1971.
Assistant professor English University Illinois, Chicago, 1972-1978, associate professor, 1978-1984, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1984-1985, professor, 1985-1988, University Texas, Austin, since 1988, Jane and Roland Blumberg Centennial Professor in English, since 1995.
( "Leah Marcus's The Politics of Mirth: Jonson, Herrick, ...)
(Unediting the Renaissance is a path-breaking and timely l...)
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Member Modern Language Association (executive committee 1984-1988), Milton Society of America (executive committee 1986-1988), Renaissance Society of America (executive committee 1988-1990), Shakespeare Association American (trustee 1991-1994), Society for Textual Studies, Bibliographical Society of America.
Married Joannis Sinanaglou, June 22, 1968 (divorced 1973). Married David D. Marcus, November 27, 1974. Children: Emily, Lauren.