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Dr Douglas Clark is a Lecturer at Wadham College, University of Oxford, specializing in early modern literature and intellectual culture. He joined Wadham in 2025 after roles at British, Irish, and Swiss universities.
His research focuses on Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, the portrayal of mental distress in Renaissance poetry, John Donne's lyric contributions, and the codification of civility in conduct literature. His forthcoming book, The Will in English Renaissance Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2025), examines how wills shaped dramatic culture. He is also working on projects about narrative closure in Renaissance plays and early modern conceptions of the mind.
Teaching Areas: Paper 1 (Shakespeare) and Paper 3 (Literature in English 1550–1660). Awards include fellowships at prestigious institutions like the Folger Shakespeare Library.
- Fellowship at John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester
- Fellowship at The Newberry Library, Chicago
- Fellowship at The Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington D.C.
