Jonathan Dollimore
Encyclopedia
Jonathan Dollimore is a British sociologist and social theorist
in the fields of Renaissance literature
(especially drama), gender studies
, queer theory
(queer studies
), art
, censorship
, history of ideas
, death studies, decadence
, and cultural theory
. He received his BA from Keele University
and his PhD from the University of London
.
Theory
The English word theory was derived from a technical term in Ancient Greek philosophy. The word theoria, , meant "a looking at, viewing, beholding", and referring to contemplation or speculation, as opposed to action...
in the fields of Renaissance literature
Renaissance literature
Renaissance Literature refers to the period in European literature that began in Italy during the 14th century and spread around Europe through the 17th century...
(especially drama), gender studies
Gender studies
Gender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location.Gender study has many different forms. One view exposed by the philosopher Simone de Beauvoir said: "One is not born a woman, one becomes one"...
, queer theory
Queer theory
Queer theory is a field of critical theory that emerged in the early 1990s out of the fields of LGBT studies and feminist studies. Queer theory includes both queer readings of texts and the theorisation of 'queerness' itself...
(queer studies
Queer studies
Queer studies is the critical theory based study of issues relating to sexual orientation and gender identity usually focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people and cultures. Universities have also labeled this area of analysis Sexual Diversity Studies, Sexualities...
), art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, censorship
Censorship
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, history of ideas
History of ideas
The history of ideas is a field of research in history that deals with the expression, preservation, and change of human ideas over time. The history of ideas is a sister-discipline to, or a particular approach within, intellectual history...
, death studies, decadence
Decadence
Decadence can refer to a personal trait, or to the state of a society . Used to describe a person's lifestyle. Concise Oxford Dictionary: "a luxurious self-indulgence"...
, and cultural theory
Culture theory
Culture theory is the branch of anthropology and semiotics that seeks to define the heuristic concept of culture in operational and/or scientific terms....
. He received his BA from Keele University
Keele University
Keele University is a campus university near Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as an experimental college dedicated to a broad curriculum and interdisciplinary study, Keele is most notable for pioneering the dual honours degree in Britain...
and his PhD from the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
.
Selected publications
- Dollimore, Jonathan (1983) (with Alan SinfieldAlan SinfieldAlan Sinfield is an English theorist in the fields of Shakespeare and sexuality, modern theatre, gender studies, queer theory , post 1945 politics and cultural theory. Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain first published in 1989, is a revolutionary socialist interpretation of the...
). The Selected Plays of John WebsterJohn WebsterJohn Webster was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.- Biography :Webster's life is obscure, and the dates...
: The White DevilThe White DevilThe White Devil is a revenge tragedy from 1612 by English playwright John Webster . A notorious failure when it premiered, Webster complained the play was acted in the dead of winter before an unreceptive audience. The play's complexity, sophistication and satire made it a poor fit with the...
, The Duchess of Malfi, The Devil's Law Case. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521271035. - Dollimore, Jonathan (1994) (with Alan Sinfield). Political Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism. Cornell University Press (North America); Manchester University Press (UK). ISBN 978-0801482434 (N. Am.); 978-0719043529 (UK).
- Dollimore, Jonathan (1999). Sexual Dissidence: Augustine to WildeOscar WildeOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
, Freud to FoucaultFoucaultFoucault can refer to:People:*Jean-Pierre Foucault , French television host*Léon Foucault , French physicist*Michel Foucault , French philosopher and historian...
. Clarendon Press (Oxford). ISBN 978-0198112259. - Dollimore, Jonathan (1998). Death, Desire and Loss in Western CultureDeath, Desire and Loss in Western CultureDeath, Desire and Loss in Western Culture is a sociology book written by Jonathan Dollimore, published in 1998. The book describes the influence of the death obsession in western culture....
. Routledge. ISBN 9780415921749. - Dollimore, Jonathan (2001). Sex, Literature, and Censorship. Polity Press. ISBN 9780745627632.
- Dollimore, Jonathan (2004). Radical Tragedy: Religion, Ideology and Power in the Drama of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822333357.