Anna Riehl
Anna Riehl, Assistant Professor, received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She specializes in early modern literature and culture, particularly Shakespeare. She is currently working on a book manuscript titled The Face of Power: Early Modern Representations of Queen Elizabeth I. As a curatorial assistant, she helped organize “Elizabeth I: Ruler and Legend,” a public humanities exhibition at the Newberry Library in Chicago (2003-2004). Her research has received support from the American Association of University Women, University of Illinois at Chicago, and the English-Speaking Union.
Her teaching interests lie at the intersection of early modern literature, visual culture, history, and cultural studies and include undergraduate and graduate courses in Renaissance literature, as well as specialized courses on the body, visual culture, Elizabeth I, and magic in early modern England.
Representative Publications
- "Eying the Thought Awry: The Anamorphosis of John Donne's Poetry." English Literary Renaissance 39.1 (Feb 2009): 141-62.
- "'Shine like an Angel with thy starry crown': Queen Elizabeth the Angelic," in Queens and Power in Medieval and Early Modern England, eds. Carole Levin and Robert Bucholz. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. 158-86.
- "Persuading the Prince: Raleigh, Keymis, Chapman, and The Second Voyage to Guiana." In Tudor Court Culture. Eds. Thomas Betteridge and Anna Riehl. Susquehanna University Press (forthcoming in 2009.)
- “Arbella Stuart,” “Bess of Hardwick,” “Cosmetics and Makeup.” Women in the Renaissance: A Historical Encyclopedia, eds. Diana Maury Robin, Anne R. Larsen, and Carole Levin. ABC-Clio, 2007.