Zachary Lesser
University of Pennsylvania
Zachary Lesser is the Edward W. Kane Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania and the Director of the Workshop in the History of Material Texts. He is the author of three books on early modern English drama and the history of the book: Ghosts, Holes, Rips and Scrapes: Shakespeare in 1619, Bibliography in the Longue Durée (2021); Hamlet after Q1: An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text (2015); and Renaissance Drama and the Politics of Publication: Readings in the English Book Trad (2004). His first two monographs both won the Elizabeth Dietz Award, presented by SEL: Studies in English Literature to the best book in Renaissance studies. He is the co-creator of two digital resources, DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks and the Shakespeare Census. In 2018-19, he was a Visiting Professor in the Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne - LILEC at the University of Bologna.