Marx, Steven 1942–

PERSONAL:

Born July 13, 1942, in New York, NY; married Jan Howell, April 2, 1967; children: Joe, Claire-Elise Grace. Education: Columbia University, B.A., 1963; Stanford University, Ph.D., 1981. Hobbies and other interests: Hiking, camping, kayaking, photography, blogging, gardening, environmental activism.

ADDRESSES:

Home—San Luis Obispo, CA. Office—Department of English, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, professor of English, 1988—. Active in local environmental politics.

MEMBER:

Modern Language Association of America, Shakespeare Association of America, Renaissance Society of America, Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment, Sierra Club (member of executive committee, Santa Lucia chapter).

WRITINGS:

Youth against Age: Generational Strife in Renaissance Poetry, Peter Lang (New York, NY), 1985.

Shakespeare and the Bible, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 2000.

(Editor) Cal Poly Land: A Field Guide, California Polytechnic University (San Luis Obispo, CA), 2003.

Contributor to books, including Mapping American Culture, University of Iowa Press (Iowa City, IA), 1992; The Canon and the Core, University of North Texas Press, 1993; and Shakespearean Criticism, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1996. Contributor of articles and reviews to periodicals, including Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Renaissance Forum, Studies in English Literature, 1500-1800, and Black American Literature Forum. Author of Web log, Steven Marx.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

ONLINE

Steven Marx Home Pages,http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~smarx (July 25, 2008).