Professor Emeritus
Fields of Interest
Biography
B.A., Lewis College, 1966
M.A., Northern Illinois University, 1967
Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1972
Areas of Specialization
Medieval and Renaissance Drama
Activities and Interests
John C. Coldewey, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Washington, has published widely in the areas of medieval and renaissance drama. He acted as Director of English Graduate Studies from 1995-1999, leaving to take a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (1999-2000) and sabbatical (2000-2001).
Professor Coldewey retired in June 2010. For a summary of his publications and current activities, please visit http://faculty.washington.edu/jcjc.
Research
Selected Research
- Drama, Classical to Contemporary, revised edition (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001)
- John Coldewey. “Secrets of God’s Creatures: Talking Animals in Medieval Drama.” European Medieval Drama 1998 Papers from the Third International Conference on Aspects of European Medieval Drama. Vol. 3, ed. Sydney Higgins. Camerino. 2000. 215-232.
- Drama, Classical to Contemporary (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998)
- John Coldewey. Drama, Classic to Contemporary. Co-edited with W. R. Streitberger. Prentice Hall. 1998. rev. ed. 2001.
- John Coldewey. “The Way Things (Never) Were: Spiritual Nostalgia in Medieval English Plays.” European Medieval Drama 1997: Papers from the Second International Conference on ‘Aspects of European Medieval Drama. Vol. 2, ed. Sydney Higgins. Camerino. 1997. 41-68.
Research Advised
- Magnusson, Danielle. Reading the Household: Towards an Economic and Textual Understanding of Early English Drama. 2015. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
- Rygh, Todd A. Revels End: A Conceptual History of the Late Medieval and Early Modern English University Stage. 2014. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
- Borlik, Todd Andrew. Green Pastures: Ecocriticism and Early Modern English Literature. 2008. University of Washington, PhD dissertation.
Affiliations
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