Diane Purkiss
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Diane Purkiss is Fellow and Tutor of English at Keble College, Oxford
. She specialises in Renaissance and women's literature, witchcraft and the English Civil War
.
Purkiss was born in Sydney, Australia, and was educated at Roseville College
, Our Lady of the Rosary Convent, and Stuartholme School
. She received a BA with first class Honours from the University of Queensland
and D.Phil from Merton College, Oxford
. She became Lecturer in English at the University of East Anglia
in 1991, and Lecturer in English at the University of Reading
in 1993. In 1998 she became Professor of English at Exeter University, before taking up her current post at Keble College in 2000.
As editor:
Purkiss also writes children's books with her son, Michael Dowling, under the pseudonym Tobias Druitt
.
Keble College, Oxford
Keble College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to the south by Museum Road, and to the west by Blackhall...
. She specialises in Renaissance and women's literature, witchcraft and the English Civil War
English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists...
.
Purkiss was born in Sydney, Australia, and was educated at Roseville College
Roseville College
Roseville College is an independent, Anglican day school for girls, located in the suburb of Roseville, on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
, Our Lady of the Rosary Convent, and Stuartholme School
Stuartholme School
Stuartholme School is a Catholic, day and boarding school for girls, located in Toowong, an inner suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.Established in 1920 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart, the school currently caters for approximately 750 students from Years 8 to 12, including 150...
. She received a BA with first class Honours from the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
and D.Phil from Merton College, Oxford
Merton College, Oxford
Merton College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 1260s when Walter de Merton, chancellor to Henry III and later to Edward I, first drew up statutes for an independent academic community and established endowments to...
. She became Lecturer in English at the University of East Anglia
University of East Anglia
The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...
in 1991, and Lecturer in English at the University of Reading
University of Reading
The University of Reading is a university in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The University was established in 1892 as University College, Reading and received its Royal Charter in 1926. It is based on several campuses in, and around, the town of Reading.The University has a long tradition...
in 1993. In 1998 she became Professor of English at Exeter University, before taking up her current post at Keble College in 2000.
Publications
As author:- The Witch in History: Early Modern and Late Twentieth Century Representations (RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 1996) - Troublesome Things: a history of fairies and fairy stories (Allen LaneAllen LaneSir Allen Lane was a British publisher who founded Penguin Books, bringing high quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market.-Early life and family:...
, 2000) - Literature, Gender, and Politics during the English Civil War (Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 2005) - The English Civil War: A People's History (HarperCollinsHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
, 2006).
As editor:
- Women, Texts and Histories 1575-1760 (RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 1992), with Clare Brant - Renaissance Women: Elizabeth Cary's Tragedie of Mariam and Edward II and Aemilia Lanyer's Salve Deus Rex Judaorum (William PickeringWilliam Pickering (publisher)William Pickering was an English publisher, notable for introducing cloth binding to British publishing before 1820.Pickering began working as an antiquarian bookseller before 1820, and quickly moved into publishing...
, 1994) - Three Tragedies by Renaissance Women, an edition of Iphigeneia at AulisIphigeneia at AulisIphigenia in Aulis is the last extant work of the playwright Euripides. Written between 408, after the Orestes, and 406 BC, the year of Euripides's death, the play was first produced the following year by his son or nephew, Euripides the Younger, and won the first place at the Athenian city...
, by Lady Jane LumleyJane LumleyJane , Lady Lumley was the first person to translate Euripides into English. She was the eldest child of Henry Fitzalan, 19th Earl of Arundel , patron of the arts, and his first wife, Katherine Grey Fitzalan...
, The Tragedie of Antonie, by Lady Mary SidneyMary SidneyMary Herbert , Countess of Pembroke , was one of the first English women to achieve a major reputation for her literary works, poetry, poetic translations and literary patronage.-Family:...
, The Tragedy of MariamThe Tragedy of MariamThe Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry is a Jacobean era closet drama written by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, and first published in 1613. The play is the first work by a woman that was published under her own name. The play received only marginal attention until the 1970's, when feminist...
, by Elizabeth CaryElizabeth CaryElizabeth Cary may refer to:*Elizabeth Cary, Lady Falkland, early modern poet and playwright*Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz , founder of Radcliffe College...
, Viscountess Falkland (PenguinPenguin BooksPenguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...
, 1998)
Purkiss also writes children's books with her son, Michael Dowling, under the pseudonym Tobias Druitt
Tobias Druitt
Tobias Druitt is an author of fantasy novels. Tobias Druitt is the pseudonym of two authors who write together, Diane Purkiss and Michael Dowling....
.