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Anthology Leads: Kate McPherson and Kate Moncrief.

 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Utah Valley University

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Early Modern England Encyclopedia

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EMEE Mission Statement

Early Modern England (ca.1485–1700 CE) featured many foundational movements, innovations, texts, and authors still important in the 21st century. The Early Modern England Encyclopedia (EMEE) is a dynamic encyclopedia that supports students studying the literature, culture, and history of Tudor and Stuart England, with a focus on early modern drama and the life and works of William Shakespeare. The peer-reviewed articles feature rich information and images, as well as a curated list of recent scholarly and online references to support study of the period’s people, places, and ideas. EMEE’s born digital resource provides multiple points of access to its theatrical, historical, and cultural contexts.

EMEE Overview

EMEE offers an open-access resource for secondary and university students. EMEE content is written and edited by Dr. Kate McPherson (Utah Valley University) with support from pedagogical partners at other institutions. EMEE is a collaboration between many scholars and students; some of their collaborative entries are based on work originally featured in Shakespeare’s Life and Times, a section of the Internet Shakespeare Editions developed in the 1990s by Dr. Michael Best at the University of Victoria, Canada. EMEE is published by Linked Early Modern Drama Online (LEMDO), also at the University at Victoria.

EMEE Philosophy

In our approach to publishing peer-reviewed, online articles about early modern drama and culture, we have adopted the following principles: EMEE is open-source and free to any user without a subscription The EMEE site is a static, Endings-compliant website with no server dependencies EMEE is committed to keeping resources updated as scholarship evolves

As scholars, we see theatre as a vital tool for understanding the culture and society of early modern England remain committed to authors who were part of a network of artists working concurrently with William Shakespeare refer frequently to both historical records and quotations from key texts foreground the original theatrical conditions in which the plays were performed offer interpretive commentary about the play, character, person, event, place, or other entry item

Our audience is primarily secondary and undergraduate students interested in the theatrical, social, and cultural world of early modern England secondarily, faculty at secondary schools and universities looking for resources to enrich their students’ study of early modern drama, theatre, literature, history, and culture additionally, theatre professionals concerned with performance and production of theatrical texts from the early modern period or members of the public seeking a verifiable resource to enrich their own reading, writing, or travel.

EMEE Resources
Academic

EMEE features peer-reviewed articles of 500–1000 words Each EMEE article includes at least one high-quality image in the public domain suitable for downloading to augment papers, presentations, or lectures Each EMEE article includes curated suggestions for recent online and print sources

Pedagogical

EMEE offers thematic clusters of articles that can augment open-source literary and historical texts EMEE features opportunities for individual undergraduate students to become involved as writers for EMEE EMEE has assignments, rubrics, and guidelines for faculty to create assignments and get their students involved via a pedagogical partnership with the EMEE editors