University of St Andrews

Dido in Drama: The Imitation of Virgil on the Early Modern Stage

Academic History:

2017 - present: University of St Andrews, PhD English & Classics

2015 - 16: University of Oxford, MSt in English Literature (1550-1700)

2012 - 15: University of Oxford, BA in Classics & English

Supervisors:

Professor Neil Rhodes

Dr Emma Buckley

Research Interests:

My doctoral work examines the dramatisation of Virgil in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, focussing especially on neo-Latin university plays, Marlowe and Shakespeare. As well as plotting a trajectory of Virgilian development in early modern drama, it aims to consider the difference between literary and dramatic modes of imitation.

Scholarships:

2017 - SGSAH DTP Scholarship at University of St Andrews

2015 - E K Chambers Studentship at Somerville College, Oxford

Awards:

2016 - Charles Oldham Shakespeare Prize for outstanding MSt dissertation on Shakespeare (University of Oxford)

2016 - Archibald Jackson Prize (Somerville College, Oxford)

2015 - Passmore Edwards Prize for best results in FHS Classics & English (University of Oxford)

Contact Details:

Address: School of English, Castle House, University of St Andrews KY16 9AL

Work Tel No: 07557 128800

Email: jg250@st-andrews.ac.uk

First published: 25 September 2017