Coppélia Kahn papers (Ms.2015.013)

Papers of Coppélia Kahn, Professor Emerita of English at Brown University and scholar of Shakespeare, Early Modern English literature, and feminist literary theory. Papers consist of administrative files, conference materials, teaching materials, and draft writings dating from 1971 to 2019. Researchers studying teaching pedagogy of Early Modern English, psychoanalysis and literature, feminist literary criticism, and the history of women's studies in the academy may find this collection particularly useful. The processor created the arrangement and organized the collection into four series. Where possible, original folder titles have been maintained and appear in quotation marks; the processor created the remaining folder titles.

Series 1, ADMINISTRATIVE AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT, 1974-2016, includes correspondence, recommendations, grant and fellowship applications, and tenure dossiers. Of particular interest are the materials related to the First Folio: The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare exhibit of 2016. This series is arranged alphabetically by record type.

Series 2, CONFERENCE MATERIALS, 1981-2019, includes handwritten notes, agendas, correspondence, and programs related to various conferences Kahn attended. Of particular note are the materials related to the Shakespeare Association of America annual meetings. This series is arranged alphabetically by conference title.

Series 3, TEACHING, 1971-2017, is arranged into 2 sub-series.

Series 3, sub-series 1, COURSE MATERIALS BY COURSE TITLE, 1976-2017 includes course descriptions, syllabi, handwritten lecture notes, readings, paper assignments and related material. This sub-series is arranged alphabetically by course title.

Series 3, sub-series 2, COURSE MATERIALS BY AUTHOR AS SUBJECT, 1971-2005, consists of similar files as found in sub-series 1, but is arranged alphabetically by author as subject. An example includes folder #3.16, "Brontë, Charlotte and Jane Eyre." This file consists of lecture notes, suggested paper topics for class assignments, and readings that Kahn used for various courses focusing on the novelist and poet, Charlotte Brontë. This sub-series is arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

Series 4, WRITINGS AND RELATED, 1987-2017, includes annotated typed and handwritten drafts of articles, books, chapters, reviews, and talks by Kahn in addition to related correspondence. Works include, "Caliban at the Stadium: Shakespeare and the Making of Americans," Roman Shakespeare: Warriors, Wounds, and Women, and "Lady Macbeth and Family Values." This series is arranged alphabetically by type of writing then by title.