Ben LaBreche
Associate Professor · Seventeenth-century British literature
University of Mary WashingtonAbout
Ben LaBreche is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Linguistics at the University of Mary Washington. Holding both a Ph.D. in English and Renaissance Studies and a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Yale University, he specializes in seventeenth-century British literature and political modernity.
- Education:
- B.A., Comparative Literature, Yale University
- Ph.D., English and Renaissance Studies, Yale University
His research explores intersections between literary works and political theory through analyses of authors like John Milton, Edmund Spenser, and Francis Bacon. Key themes include free speech, religious liberty, gender politics, and Elizabethan patronage strategies.
Dr. LaBreche has received prestigious fellowships from the Folger Institute, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Beinecke Library, and Mellon Foundation. He was a seminarian at both the National Humanities Center and Folger Shakespeare Library.
- Contact:
- Email: blabrech@umw.edu
- Office: Combs Hall Room 339
- Phone: 540-654-1542
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