Department of English, College of LAS, University of Illinois


Elizabeth E Tavares

Graduate Student

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Education

BA, English, DePaul University, 2009; BA, History, DePaul University, 2009; MA, English, University of Illinois, 2010.

Courses

ENGL 209: British Literature to 1798 (TA), RHET 105: The Principles of Composition.

Research Interests

English early modern studies of the Renaissance and Restoration, drama, theatre history, performance and adaptation theory, audience culture, eco- and historicist criticism.

Selected Publications

Special Issues of a Journal

  • Tavares, Elizabeth E. "Fidelity and the Politics of Appropriation in Sidney Lumet’s The Deadly Affair." A Mirror for Medieval and Early Modern Studies. Spec. iss. of elected Proceedings of the Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies 2012 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference (2012): 119-132. 1 Oct. 2012. <http://www.newberry.org/sites/default/files/textpage-attachments/2012Proceedings.pdf>.
  • Tavares, Elizabeth E. "‘Birding in Men’s Purses’: Consumption Networks in Ben Jonson’s The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair." New Directions in Ecocriticism. Spec. iss. of Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS) (2011): 1 Jun. 2011. <https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/25241>.

Reviews

  • Tavares, Elizabeth E. Rev. of The Comedy of Errors, dir. Sean Graney. Shakespeare Bulletin 29.1 (2011): 60-4.