UVA chosen to host Shakespeare's First Folio

A committee of English professors were instrumental in attracting William Shakespeare's "First Folio" to the University of Virginia. Eighteen of Shakespeare's plays are known today only because they were included in the “First Folio,” among them “Macbeth,” “Twelfth Night,” “Julius Caesar,” “As You Like It” and “The Tempest." One of the most famous books in the world, the collection of plays will be on view at U.Va. – the only location in the commonwealth – as part of a 2016 national traveling exhibition, “First Folio!

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Publications

Jane Alison
Kiki Petrosino
Kevin Moffett
Kevin Moffett
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Lisa Russ Spaar
Bruce Holsinger
Jahan Ramazani
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Brian Teare
Brian Teare
Brian Teare
Brian Teare
Kiki Petrosino
Kiki Petrosino
Writing Communities
Stephen Parks
The Brick House
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
A Brief History of Yes
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
The Mirror in the Well
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Draining the Sea
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
The Daydreaming Boy
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Three Apples Fell From Heaven
Micheline Aharonian Marcom
Hothead: A Poem
Stephen Cushman
Stauffer
Andrew Stauffer
Petronius’ Satyrica
J. Daniel Kinney
Cellar
Lisa Russ Spaar
Selected Poems
Rita Dove
The Craft of Argument
Jon D'Errico
Blue Pajamas
Stephen Cushman
Cussing Lesson
Stephen Cushman
Riffraff
Stephen Cushman
American Smooth
Rita Dove
The Rape of the Lock
Cynthia Wall
Best New Poets 2010
James (Jeb) Livingood
The Poet's World
Rita Dove
Museum
Rita Dove
Book icon
Lisa Russ Spaar
Robert Browning's Poetry
Andrew Stauffer
Blue Venus
Lisa Russ Spaar
Glass Town
Lisa Russ Spaar
Rethinking Tragedy
Rita Felski
Sonata Mulattica
Rita Dove
Fifth Sunday
Rita Dove
Thomas and Beulah
Rita Dove
Mother Love
Rita Dove
Satin Cash
Lisa Russ Spaar
A Transnational Poetics
Jahan Ramazani
Modernism
Michael Levenson
Vanitas, Rough
Lisa Russ Spaar
Grace Notes
Rita Dove
Why Read?
Mark Edmundson
Heart Island
Stephen Cushman
Torn Sky
Debra Nystrom
Bad River Road
Debra Nystrom
A Burnable Book
Bruce Holsinger
The Invention of Fire
Bruce Holsinger
The Red List
Stephen Cushman
Orexia: Poems
Lisa Russ Spaar
This Thing Called the World
Debjani Ganguly
Uses of Literature
Rita Felski
Nine Island
Jane Alison
A Quarter Turn
Debra Nystrom

Events

Tuesday, November 19th

  1. Camille Dungy Reading & Kapnick Writers Gala
    • Where: Newcomb Hall Ballroom
    • Start time: 06:00pm
    • End time: 08:00pm

Friday, November 22nd

  1. Monroe Hill Lunch for Faculty, Majors, and Minors
    • Where: Monroe Hill House/Range, 252 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
    • Start time: 12:00pm
    • End time: 01:00pm

Monday, December 2nd

  1. Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form and Futurity in the Americas (2024) by Prof. Renee Hudson (Chapman University)
    • Start time: 05:30pm
    • End time: 06:30pm
    • Latinx Revolutionary Horizons: Form and Futurity in the Americas (2024) by Renee Hudson (Professor Hudson will be joining us via zoom in the Faculty Lounge at 5:30 pm). Please email Carmen Lamas at cel5x@virginia.edu for the excerpted reading.

Friday, January 17th

  1. Austin Benson Dissertation Presentation
    • Where: Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge
    • Start time: 12:00pm
    • End time: 01:00pm

Friday, January 31st

  1. Seanna Viechweg Dissertation Presentation
    • Where: Bryan Hall Faculty Lounge
    • Start time: 12:00pm
    • End time: 01:00pm