Ann Baynes Coiro
استاد · Seventeenth-century literature
Rutgers, The State University of New Jerseyمعرفی
Ann Baynes Coiro is a Professor of English at Rutgers University's Department of English, specializing in seventeenth-century literature and culture. Her research spans Shakespeare to Aphra Behn, with emphasis on Milton, post-Shakespearean drama, Cavalier poetry, and early modern women writers. She integrates book history and performance theory while focusing on literary form. Coiro holds a PhD from the University of Maryland and a BA from George Washington University.
Research Focus: Her interdisciplinary work examines the intersections of literature, politics, and society in early modern England, particularly through Milton's oeuvre. Key themes include court culture, poetic authority, gender representation, and textual transmission across genres like epic poetry, drama, and epigrams.
Awards & Honors:
- American Philosophical Society Sabbatical Fellowship (2004-5)
- James Holly Hanford Award for Milton scholarship (1998)
- Warren I. Sussman Award for Teaching Excellence (1996)
- Outstanding Graduate Teacher Award (1995)
- Board of Governors’ Research Grant (1990-91)
Editorial Work: Co-edited volumes include Rethinking Historicism from Shakespeare to Milton (Cambridge UP, 2012) and Milton in the Long Restoration (Oxford UP, 2016). Currently co-editing Cavendish and Milton: Rethinking Seventeenth-Century Literature and Culture.
