Miranda Wilson

Biography

Miranda Wilson received her BA from Carleton College and her MA and PhD from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Prior to her arrival at UD, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas, Arlington. Dr. Wilson specializes in the literature and culture of the English Renaissance, especially the material intersections of technology, power, gender, sexuality, and materiality. She has published extensively on early modern drama, including articles on horticultural grafting in Shakespeare’s works, Margaret Cavendish’s use of architecture, and on the corporeal and horticultural aspects of timekeeping in Renaissance England. Her last book, Poison’s Dark Works in Renaissance England considers the ways fears of poisoning prompt English writers to imagine the world in new ways, and included work on early modern autopsies, legal definitions of proof, and virtuous female poisoners. Her current book project considers the intersection of early modern technology and queenship, including the connections between clocks and courtiers, the memory work of copper-plate engravings, and the fruitful failures of early modern coinage.