Donna B. Hamilton

Emeritus Professor, English

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dhamil@umd.edu

Early Modern Studies

Donna B. Hamilton is Professor of English with specialties in sixteenth-century English liiterature and Shakespeare.

Her books include Virgil and The Tempest: The Politics of Imitation (1990); Shakespeare and the Politics of Protestant England (1992); and Anthony Munday and the Catholics, 1560-1633 (2005). She has also published articles and chapters in books on sixteenth and seventeenth century literature and two editions of essays, including one co-edited with Richard Strier.

From 1990 to 1996, she held the position of Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Humanities. From 1998 to 2003, she served as Director of English Undergraduate Studies. During 2003-2004, she served as Interim Associate Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean for Undergraduate Studies, and from 2004-2015 served as Associate Provost and Dean. She was awarded the University of Maryland President's Medal 2015 for her work in undergraduate education.

Dates: Thursday, March 5, 2015 - 12:00
Funding Agency: University of Maryland

The recipient of this award will be a member of the community with an exemplary record of sustained service and acknowledged contribution to the quality of life on the campus.

Dates: Friday, July 1, 2005 - 12:00

Hamilton offers a major revisionist reading of the works of Anthony Munday, one of the most prolific authors of his time, who wrote and translated in many genres, including polemical religious and political tracts, poetry, chivalric romances, history, and drama. Long dismissed as a hack, Munday is here restored to his rightful position as an historical figure at the centre of many important polital and cultural events in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England.

Dates: Friday, March 4, 2005 - 12:00

Long dismissed as a hack who wrote only for money, Munday is here restored to his rightful position as an historical figure at the centre of many important political and cultural events in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. In Anthony Munday and the Catholics, 1560-1633, Hamilton reinterprets Munday as a writer who began his career writing on behalf of the Catholic cause and subsequently negotiated for several decades the difficult terrain of an ever-changing Catholic-Protestant cultural, religious, and political landscape. She argues that throughout his life and writing career Munday retained his Catholic sensibility and occasionally wrote dangerously on behalf of Catholics.

Donna B. Hamilton

Research Expertise

Awards & Grants

University of Maryland President's Medal

This award is the highest honor the university community can bestow.

Publications

Anthony Munday and the Catholics, 1560-1633

Hamilton offers a major revisionist reading of the works of Anthony Munday, one of the most prolific authors of his time.

Anthony Munday and the Catholics, 1560-1633

In this new study, Donna B. Hamilton offers a major revisionist reading of the works of Anthony Munday, one of the most prolific authors of his time.