Smith, Bruce R.

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SMITH, Bruce R.

SMITH, Bruce R. American, b. 1946. Genres: Literary criticism and history, Gay and lesbian issues. Career: Georgetown University, Washington, DC, assistant professor, 1972-78, associate professor, 1978-87, professor of English, 1987-. Publications: Ancient Scripts and Modern Experience on the English Stage, 1500-1700, 1988; Homosexual Desire in Shakespeare's England: A Cultural Poetics, 1991; Roasting the Swan of Avon: Shakespeare's Redoubtable Enemies and Dubious Friends, 1994; The Acoustic World of Early Modern England: Attending to the O-Factor, 1999; Shakespeare and Masculinity, 2000; Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: Text and Contexts, 2001. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to literature journals. Address: Department of English, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1131, U.S.A.

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