Benedict Robinson
Professor and Interim Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs
Humanities 2076 and Administration 407
Benedict S. Robinson specializes in early modern literature, 1500-1800, with a focus
on Shakespeare. His connecting interests include literary theory, the history of science,
the history of philosophy, and theories of fictionality. His essays have appeared
in PMLA, Critical Inquiry, ELH, SEL, and elsewhere. His most recent book is Passion's Fictions from Shakespeare to Richardson: Literature and the Sciences of
Soul and Mind (Oxford, 2021). His edition of Antony and Cleopatra is forthcoming as part of the Arden 4 series in 2027. He received his Ph.D. from
Columbia University in 2001.