Gwynne Kennedy
Associate Professor Emerita, Ret. 2021
Women’s & Gender Studies and English
Curtin Hall 526
Education
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Research Interests
Early Modern Literature
Women Writers
Feminist Theories
Theories of Emotion
Women’s and Gender Studies
Other Activities
Department Chair, Women’s & Gender Studies (2018-2019)
Director of Graduate Studies, Women’s & Gender Studies (2017-2018, 2019-2020)
Director of Women’s Studies Program (2006-2013)
Selected Publications
Bach, Rebecca Ann and Gwynne Kennedy, ed. Feminisms and Early Modern Texts: Essays for Phyllis Rackin (Susquehanna UP, 2010).
Kennedy, Gwynne A. “Gender and the Pleasures of Revenge” in Feminisms and Early Modern Texts: Essays for Phyllis Rackin (Susquehanna UP, 2010).
Kennedy, Gwynne A.“Early Modern Women Writing Race” In Teaching Tudor and Stuart Women WritersEd. Woods, Suzanne, and Hannay, Margaret P.(2000).
Kennedy, Gwynne A., Barrett-Graves, Debra, Carney, Jo, Levin, Carole, Spellman, W. M., and Witham, Stephanie. Extraordinary Women of the Medieval and Renaissance WorldGreenwood Press. 2000.
Kennedy, Gwynne A.Just Anger: Representing Women’s Anger in Early Modern EnglandSouthern Illinois UP. 2000.
Kennedy, Gwynne A.“Reform or Rebellion?: The Limits of Female Authority in Elizabeth Cary’s History of Edward II” Political Rhetoric, Power, and Renaissance WomenEd. Levin, Carole. SUNY Press. (1995).
Kennedy, Gwynne A.“Lessons of the ‘schole of wifedome” Sexuality and Politics in Renaissance DramaEd. Levin, Carole, and Robertson, Karen. Mellen Press. (1991).