Eve Houghton
5th Year
Areas of Interest:
Early modern drama; Restoration drama; 18th-century literature; history of the book; law and literature; affect theory
Dissertation Topic:
Awkward Types: Character and Courtesy in Seventeenth-Century English Drama
Advisors: Catherine Nicholson, David Kastan, Jonathan Kramnick, Marta Figlerowicz
Publications/Papers:
Houghton, Eve. “Pastime with Good Company: Writing and Leisure in Early Modern England.” Exhibit essay for Subscribed: The Manuscript in Britain, 1500-1800, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (2020).
Houghton, Eve. “Review of Angus Vine, Miscellaneous Order: Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Organization of Knowledge.”Times Literary Supplement (September 2019).