James C. Bulman

Title : Henry B. and Patricia Bush Tippie Professor of English
Research Fields of Interest : Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, Milton, modern drama, performance studies.
Degrees: B.A., Cornell University; M.A. University of Wales (UK); Ph.D. Yale University.

Contact Info
Email Address: jbulman@allegheny.edu
Phone: (814) 332-4333

Office Info
Office Location: Oddfellows #234

Office Hours:  Fall 2012- TBA

Courses and Syllabi

Spring 2012
English 212*00: Shakespeare Download Syllabus
English 554*00: Drama in the Age of Shakespeare Download Syllabus
FS 102*W3: Academic Discourse II Download Syllabus

Fall 2011
English 201*00: Studies in Early British Lit. Download Syllabus
English 426*00: Topics in Shakespeare Download Syllabus
FS 101*13: Academic Discourse I Download Syllabus

Spring 2011
English 212*00: Shakespeare Download Syllabus
English 552*00: John Milton: Poetry/Prose/Pol. Download Syllabus
FS 102*W1: Academic Discouse II Download Syllabus

Fall 2010
English 201*00: Studies in Early British Literature Download Syllabus
English 303*00: Forms of Drama: Modern Download Syllabus
FS 101*39: Academic Discourse I Download Syllabus

Spring 2010
ENGL 212*00: Shakespeare | » Download Syllabus
FS 102*00: Words Words Words | » Download Syllabus
INTDS 180: 1600: The Man-Made Self | » Download Syllabus

Fall 2009
ENGL 200*00: Reading Literature | » Download Syllabus
ENGL 201*00: Studies in Early British Literature | » Download Syllabus
ENGL 426*00: Topics in Shakespeare | » Download Syllabus

Spring 2009
ENGL 200*00: Reading Literature | » Download Syllabus
ENGL 201*00: Studies in Early British Literature | » Download Syllabus
ENGL 426*00: Topics in Shakespeare | » Download Syllabus

Publications

Books

  • Bulman, James. (General Editor.)Shakespeare in Performance Series. Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, St. Martin’s Press. Twenty volumes published thus far (1984-2009).
  • Bulman, James. (ed.) Henry IV, Part Two, The Arden Shakespeare 3rd Series. London: A. C. Black (in progress).
  • Bulman, James. Shakespeare Re-Dressed: Cross-Gender Casting in Contemporary Performance. Cranbury, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2007.
  • Bulman, James. Shakespeare, Theory, and Performance. London: Routledge, 1996.
  • Bulman, James. The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare in Performance Series. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991.
  • Bulman, James. Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews, edited with H. R. Coursen. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1988.
  • Bulman, James. Comedy from Shakespeare to Sheridan: Change and Continuity in the English and European Dramatic Tradition, edited with A. R. Braunmuller. Cranbury, NJ: University of Delaware Press, 1986.
  • Bulman, James. The Heroic Idiom of Shakespearean Tragedy. Cranbury, NJ: University of Delaware Press, 1985.
  • Bulman, James. Timon, edited with J. M. Nosworthy. Oxford: Malone Society Reprints, 1980.

Recent Essays

  • Bulman, James. “Performing the Conflated Text of Henry IV: The Fortunes of Part Two,” Shakespeare Survey 63. (forthcoming 2010).
  • Bulman, James. ‘To gain the language, ’tis needful that the most immodest word be looked upon and learnt’: Editing the Bawdy in Henry IV, Part Two”, Shakespeare/Adaptation/Modern Drama. ed. Katherine Scheil and Randall Martin. University of Toronto Press, forthcoming 2010.
  • Bulman, James. “Bearding the Queen: Male Cross-Dressing at the New Globe,” Shakespeare in Performance II: A Collection of Essays. ed. Frank Occhiogrosso. Fairleigh Dickinson Press, 2007.
  • Bulman, James. “Queering the Audience: All-Male Casts in Recent Productions of Shakespeare,” in A Companion to Shakespeare and Performance. e ed. Barbara Hodgdon and W. B. Worthen. Blackwell, 2005.
  • Bulman, James. “Bringing Cheek by Jowl’s As You Like It Out of the Closet: The Politics of Gay Theatre,” Shakespeare Bulletin. 22.3 (2004) 31-46.
  • Bulman, James. “Caroline Drama,” The Cambridge Companion to English Renaissance Drama. ed. A. R. Braunmuller and Michael Hattaway, revised 2nd edn. Cambridge University Press, 2003.
  • Bulman, James. “Shylock, Antonio, and the Politics of Performance,” Shakespeare in Performance: A Collection of Essays. ed. Frank Occhiogrosso. University of Delaware Press, 2003.
  • Bulman, James. “Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2,” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare’s History Plays. ed. Michael Hattaway. Cambridge University Press, 2002.

 
Awards

  • Julian Ross Award for Excellence in Teaching (2000)
  • President, Shakespeare Association of America (1998-99)
  • Vice-President, Shakespeare Association of America (1997-98)
  • Board of Trustees, Shakespeare Association of America (1997-2000)
  • NEH Research Chair, Allegheny College (1988-91)
  • NEH Research Fellowship (1987-88)
  • NEH Summer Seminar, Indiana University (1983)
  • NEH Summer Seminar, National Theatre, London (1978)
  • Folger Shakespeare Library grants (1977, 1993)
  • Prize Teaching Fellowship, Yale University (1975-76)
  • University Fellowships, Yale Univerity (1972-75)
  • Keasbey Memorial Foundation Scholarship, University of Wales, UK (1969-72)
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Cornell University (1969)