Background
Erickson, Peter Brown was born on August 11, 1945 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Irving Peter and Elinor (Brown) Erickson.
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This study finds a significant number of contemporary writers and artists who quote our most quotable author for the purpose of reconsidering and reformulating the twin themes of Shakespeare and race. The book examines Shakespeare quotation as a means of revision in the work of Nadine Gordimer, Rita Dove, Derek Walcott, Leon Forrest, Ishmael Reed, Caryl Phillips, Djanet Sears, Fred Wilson, and J. M. Coetzee. In addition, a pivotal chapter discusses Paul Robeson as an earlier figure whose performance of Othello poses the problem of race in Shakespeare and suggests the need for reinterpretation.
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Participants in the current debate about the literary canon generally separate the established literary order—of which Shakespeare is the most visible icon—from the emergent minority literatures. In this challenging study, Peter Erickson insists on bringing the two realms together. He asks: what impact does a revision of the literary canon have on Shakespeare's status? Part One of his book is about Shakespeare on women. In analyses of several Shakespearean works, Erickson discusses Shakespeare's ambivalence about women as a reflection of male anxiety about the cultural authority of Queen Elizabeth. Part Two is about (contemporary) women on Shakespeare. Erickson discusses Adrienne Rich's revision of the very concept of canon and discusses how several African-American women writers (in particular Maya Angelou and Gloria Naylor) have reflected on the ambivalent status of Shakespeare in their worlds. Erickson here offers a model for multicultural literary criticism and a new conceptual framework with which to discuss issues of identity politics. Rewriting Shakespeare, Rewriting Ourselves makes an important contribution to the national debate about educational policy in the humanities.
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Erickson, Peter Brown was born on August 11, 1945 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Irving Peter and Elinor (Brown) Erickson.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Amherst College, 1967. Postgraduate in Contemporary Cultural Studies, University Birmingham, England, 1967—1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, 1975.
Medical Science Liaison Society, Simmons College, 1984.
Assistant professor, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1976-1981; fellow, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1981-1982; visiting assistant professor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, 1982-1983; research library, Clark The Art Institute of Chicago, Williamstown, Massachusetts, since 1985.
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Member Shakespeare Association of America, Renaissance Society of America, Modern Language Association, Appalachian Mount Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Tay Gavin, June 30, 1968 (deceased October 1998). Children: Andrew Sven, Ingrid Adriana, Benjamin Peter. Married Lisa Graziose Corrin, August 18, 2007.