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Gwynne Kennedy

  • Associate Professor Emerita, English

Education

PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests

  • Early Modern Literature
  • Women Writers
  • Feminist Theories
  • Theories of Emotion
  • Women's and Gender Studies

Related Activities

Director of Women’s Studies Program (2006-2013)

Selected Publications

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).

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