Peter Berek
Encyclopedia
Peter Berek is a Professor of English and Shakespearean scholar at Mount Holyoke College
. He also served as the dean of faculty and provost from 1990-1998. He was the interim president of the college in Fall 1995.
, New York
. He received a B.A. from Amherst College
in 1961, M.A. from Harvard University
in 1963, and Ph.D. from Harvard University
in 1967. He resided in the English department at Williams College
from 1967 to 1990. He joined the English department at Mount Holyoke in 1990.
Mount Holyoke College
Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts college for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts. It was the first member of the Seven Sisters colleges, and served as a model for some of the others...
. He also served as the dean of faculty and provost from 1990-1998. He was the interim president of the college in Fall 1995.
Background
Berek was born in BrooklynBrooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. He received a B.A. from Amherst College
Amherst College
Amherst College is a private liberal arts college located in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Amherst is an exclusively undergraduate four-year institution and enrolled 1,744 students in the fall of 2009...
in 1961, M.A. from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1963, and Ph.D. from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1967. He resided in the English department at Williams College
Williams College
Williams College is a private liberal arts college located in Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States. It was established in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams. Originally a men's college, Williams became co-educational in 1970. Fraternities were also phased out during this...
from 1967 to 1990. He joined the English department at Mount Holyoke in 1990.
Publications
- "Cross-Dressing, Gender, and Absolutism in the Beaumont and Fletcher Plays." "Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 359-77, Spring 2004.
- "The Jew as Renaissance Man." Renaissance Quarterly, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 128–62, Spring 1998.
- "Text, Gender, and Genre in The Taming of the Shrew." In Charney, Maurice (ed.). 1988. Bad" Shakespeare: Revaluations of the Shakespeare Canon. (pp. 91–104). Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson.
- "Locrine and Selimus." In Bowers, Fredson (ed. and foreword). 1987. Elizabethan Dramatists. (pp. 369–72). Detroit, MI: Gale.
- "The 'Upstart Crow,' Aesop's Crow, and Shakespeare as a Reviser." Shakespeare QuarterlyShakespeare QuarterlyShakespeare Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1950 by the . It is now under the auspices of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Along with book and performance criticism, Shakespeare Quarterly incorporates scholarly research and essays on Shakespeare and the age in which he...
, vol. 35, no. 2, pp. 205–07, Summer 1984.
- "Artifice and Realism in Lyly, Nashe, and Love's Labor's Lost." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 207–21, Spring 1983.
- "Tamburlaine's Weak Sons: Imitation as Interpretation before 1593." Renaissance Drama, vol. 13, pp. 55–82, 1982.
- "Doing and Undoing: The Value of Action in Antony and Cleopatra." Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 295–304, Fall 1981.
- "Locrine Revised, Selimus, and Early Responses to Tamburlaine." Research Opportunities in Renaissance Drama, vol. 23, pp. 33–54, 1980.
- "Interpretation, Allegory, and Allegoresis." College EnglishCollege EnglishCollege English is an official publication of the American National Council of Teachers of English and is aimed at college-level teachers and scholars of English...
, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 117–32, Fall 1978.
- " 'As We Are Mock'd with Art': From Scorn to Transfiguration." Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 289–305, Spring 1978.
- "The Voices of Marvell's Lyrics." Modern Language Quarterly, vol. 32, pp. 143–57, 1971.
Awards
- The Monroe Kirk Spears Award for the best essay of the year published in the journal Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 (for "Cross-Dressing, Gender, and Absolutism in the Beaumont and Fletcher Plays") http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/engl/profiles/berek.shtml