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William N. West works primarily in early modern literature, particularly focusing on English and European performance traditions, as well as metamorphosis in classical traditions during Renaissance Europe. He studied Classics at Yale University and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, earning his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan. West has authored works such as 'Theatres Encyclopedias Early Modern Europe' (Cambridge, 2002) and co-edited Robert Weimann’s 'Author’s Pen Actor’s Voice: Writing Playing Shakespeare’s Theatre' (Cambridge, 2000). He also contributed to the Festschrift honoring Weimann, 'Rematerializing Shakespeare: Authority Representation Early Modern Stage' (Palgrave, 2005), and a short history in encyclopedias for the Enlightenment and the Venice Biennale catalog in 2013. His current research includes projects on playgoing experiences in Shakespeare’s London and philological studies of Angelo Poliziano. In 2007, West was awarded a place on the ASG Faculty Honor Roll and served as a NEH Fellow at the Huntington Library during 2012-13. In 2015, he was an Invited Professor at École Normale Supérieure-Lyon and currently serves as a Trustee for the Shakespeare Association of America and co-editor of the journal 'Renaissance Drama'.
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