chicgeek_68

Hello all! I've been lurking around for months and now that it's August I'm starting to hyperventilate- final undergrad semester, honors thesis, SOP, GRE....AHHHH! Just had to take a break from GRE practice questions (not so good...) and add another voice to the (already) stressed out crew for Fall 2014. Also, if anyone else out there is looking at programs heavy on Renaissance/Early Modern, let's start a support group!

Thanks for the input! As far as my specific interests, I'm still working on that. I will be writing an Honor's thesis in the Fall and plan on focusing on some aspect of theatricality in Milton, but I don't know what I will be focusing on past that. My advisor had pointed out a few other programs, namely Villanova, University of Maine, Wake Forest...he seems to think I may be best served to apply to terminal MA programs instead of PhD programs. I'm coming out of Toledo, which I know isn't a school especially known for their humanities grads, so I'm fighting a stigma here; I think that's why he's recommending I play it rather cautiously.

Sorry to repeat any previous postings, but I will be submitting applications for MA and (possibly) PhD programs for Fall 2014, and I'm wondering: what are the best schools out there for specializing in Renaissance literature? I'm thinking specifically Ren drama, Shakespeare, Jonson, Spenser, and Milton. Thanks in advance!