Frank V. Occhiogrosso        
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Professor of English, Graduate Area Convener

Degrees:  B.A., St. John's University, NY, 1965; M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1967; Ph.D., 1969, Johns Hopkins University. 

Arrived at Drew: 1970 

Areas of specialization: Shakespeare; Renaissance literature; Modern drama; American drama. 

Courses taught regularly: Shakespeare; Elizabethan poetry; American drama; Elizabethan drama; the Renaissance Mind. 

Publications: Shakespeare in Performance: A Collection of Essays, an edited volume,  2003 (University of Delaware Press); Shakespearean Performance: New Studies, 2008 (Fairleigh Dickinson Press): in progress: Shakespeare Closely Read.

Points of interest:  Professor Occhiogrosso is a reviewer for Shakespeare Quarterly and Shakespeare Bulletin; and a lecturer at area public libraries on "The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: The Songs of the Great American Lyricists"; American Drama; Shakespeare; British Poetry. 

On Teaching:  "Having taught at all levels -- undergraduate, graduate, adult education -- for 40 years now, I think I am beginning to get the hang of it."

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