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Katharine Maus is the James Branch Cabell Professor of English at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on Renaissance literature, particularly Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and the intersection of early modern literary forms with cultural and political thought. She holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University (1982) and has authored multiple influential books, including *Inwardness and Theater in the English Renaissance* (1995) and editions of *The Norton Shakespeare* (2016). Her work bridges historical context with close textual analysis, exploring themes like subjectivity, material culture, and theatricality.
Professor Maus has received prestigious awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship (2000-2001) and the Roland Bainton Prize (1996). Her scholarship spans articles in *Shakespeare Survey*, *English Literary Renaissance*, and the *Times Literary Supplement*, often engaging with interdisciplinary topics like political economy, witchcraft discourses, and genre theory. She has held visiting appointments globally, including as Leverhulme Professor at the University of Liverpool (2002).
Her research interests emphasize the relationship between literary forms and early modern intellectual history. Notable projects include examining how Renaissance texts negotiate individual agency within political and social structures, as seen in her analysis of Shakespearean character development and Jonsonian satire. She also contributes to editorial work, shaping canonical anthologies like *The Norton Anthology of English Literature*.
