Philip Schwyzer

Philip Schwyzer (born 19 April 1970) is an American-British author and Professor of Renaissance Literature at Exeter University since 2001.^[1] Born in Santa Barbara, California, Schwyzer received his undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the University of California, Berkeley.^[1] He also holds an M.Phil from Lincoln College, Oxford.^[1]

His book Archaeologies of English Renaissance Literature, explored images of exhumation and excavation texts including Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet, Spenser's Faerie Queene, Donne's sermons and Browne's Hydriotaphia.^[2] Further publications include Literature, Nationalism and Memory in Early Modern England and Wales (2004).^[1]

His book Shakespeare and the Remains of Richard III (2013) looks at Shakespeare's play Richard III and the remains of the king recently discovered in Leicester. Schwyzer predicted that the discovery might lead to a "backlash" against Shakespeare, but also more interest in his play.^[3] Regarding the controversy over where the bones should be reburied, Schwyzer said, "Experience shows that burying Richard III has never been a very effective way of getting him to rest in peace."^[4]

He has co-authored sister guides to the Norton Anthology of English Literature and has contributed biographies to the Dictionary of National Biography including Arthur Kelton and Thomas Phaer (Phayer). Books that he has co-edited include Archipelagic Identities: Literature and Identity in the Early Modern Atlantic Archipelago (with Simon Mealor) Ashgate, 2004. In 2010, he collaborated with Willy Maley in the anthology Shakespeare and Wales.^[5]

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External links

• Philip Schwyzer at University of Exeter