John Twyning
Associate Professor of English
412-624-4114
twyning@gmail.com
CL 617-K
John Twyning’s current project is ‘Nature’s Mystick Book’: Landscape and Architecture in English Literature. The book will examine the development of English literature in relationship to the perception and construction of national landscapes and changes in architectural form from the 16th century to the 19th century. Other interests include Early Modern literature and culture, especially London’s social and literary history, and the drama of Jonson, Middleton, and Dekker. His book, London Dispossessed: Literature and Social Space in the Early Modern City, is part of the LDS series and has been published by Macmillan Press and St. Martin's Press. He has also published articles on City Comedy and Rogue Literature.
Teaching
Graduate Courses:
- Literature, Landscape, and Architecture
- Early Modern London
- Practices and Texts
- Shakespeare
Undergraduate Courses:
- Senior Seminar
- Junior Seminar
- Renaissance in England
- Advanced Shakespeare
- Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama
- Lectures in Literature
- Introduction to Critical Reading
- Introduction to Shakespeare
Other Duties & Service
- Director of the Literature Program
- Chair, London Committee
- Member, Graduate Admissions Committee
- Member, Personnel Committee
- Member, University Honors College Advisory Board
- Faculty Sponsor, Undergraduate English Club
