Research Interests
Early modern English literature and culture, with an emphasis upon literature's participation in political debate; Senecan tragedy; classical reception; historicist criticism; drama.
Courses Taught
Early British literature; history of drama; renaissance drama; Shakespeare; Milton; other interesting things!
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, English
Professor, Classics
Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
Highlighted Publications
Perry, C. (2020). Shakespeare and Senecan Tragedy. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866316
Perry, C. (2006). Literature and favoritism in early modern England. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511483875
Perry, C. (1997). The Making of Jacobean Culture: James I and the Renegotiation of Elizabethan Literary Practice. Cambridge University Press.
Perry, C. (2019). New Directions After Decorum: Self-Performance and Political Liminality in Antony and Cleopatra. In D. Lovascio (Ed.), Antony and Cleopatra: A Critical Reader (pp. 113-132). (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides). The Arden Shakespeare. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350049932.ch-005
Perry, C. (2020). Gregorio Correr, James Calfhill, and the Early Elizabethan Affordances of Senecan Tragedy. Translation and Literature, 29(1), 117-135. https://doi.org/10.3366/tal.2020.0412
Recent Publications
Perry, C. (2024). Queen Elizabeth's Seneca. In Early Modern Improvisations: Essays on History and Literature in Honor of John Watkins (pp. 24-34). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032698304-3
Perry, C. (2022). Titus’s revenge and/as imperial roman satire. Explorations in Renaissance culture, 48(1), 40-60. https://doi.org/10.1163/23526963-04801002
Perry, C. (2020). Gregorio Correr, James Calfhill, and the Early Elizabethan Affordances of Senecan Tragedy. Translation and Literature, 29(1), 117-135. https://doi.org/10.3366/tal.2020.0412
Perry, C. (2020). Shakespeare and Senecan Tragedy. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108866316
Perry, C. (2019). New Directions After Decorum: Self-Performance and Political Liminality in Antony and Cleopatra. In D. Lovascio (Ed.), Antony and Cleopatra: A Critical Reader (pp. 113-132). (Arden Early Modern Drama Guides). The Arden Shakespeare. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350049932.ch-005