Laura Aydelotte

Graduate Student in Renaissance Literature
University of Chicago Department of English

Office Hours: F 10:30-11:30 Rosenwald 510

lea1@uchicago.edu

I specialize in the literature of the Medieval and Renaissance periods, with a special interest in non-dramatic poetry and in the interaction between literature and the visual arts. My current research is on the poetic genres of epic and romance in relation to architecture, with a particular interest in the work of Edmund Spenser. My teaching interests span the Early Modern period, including experience teaching Shakespeare, and an upcoming course in Fall 2008 on Renaissance poetry and the visual arts, which includes attention to dramatic, epic and lyric poetry as well as a variety of visual art forms. In addition to my research and teaching, I also act as co-coordinator for the University of Chicago Renaissance Workshop.

Course Links

Envisioning the Renaissance

Chalk site for Shakespeare II: Tragedies and Romances

Workshop

Renaissance Workshop

Psalm Project

Penitential Psalms Project (A work in progress offering a comparison of different Renaissance translations of the Penitential Psalms.)

Literature Pages to Check Out

Luminarium(large collection of texts from the Middle Ages through the Restoration)
Beowulf Hypertext
Princeton Dante Project
Chaucer at Harvard
Spenser Society Home Page
Internet Shakespeare
Milton Reading Room