John Parker

No institutional affiliation

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Expertise

• Medieval and Renaissance drama (especially Marlowe, Jonson and Shakespeare)
• Classics
• The New Testament
• Patristic to late medieval exegesis and theology
• Luther
• German philosophy after Kant (especially Marx, Nietzsche and Adorno)
• Lyric poetry

Courses/Seminars

• Poetry
• Renaissance Poetry
• Shakespeare: History/Tragedy

Honors & Awards

• Voted one of the Favorite Professors of the Classes of 2003, 2005, and 2006, Harvard U.
• Diane Hunter Prize for best dissertation submitted in English, U. of Pennsylvania, 1999.
• Bok Center Certificate of Distinction in Teaching, Harvard U., 2003.
• Bundeskanzler-Stipendium, Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, 1999-2000.
• Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching, U. of Pennsylvania, 1997.
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, U. of Pennsylvania, 1994-95.

Links

• English Department