The Fall of Mediterranean Rome in Titus Andronicus

Brian J. Harries is Associate Professor of English at Concordia University Wisconsin, specializing in medieval and Renaissance literature. His research interests include the ancient world in Shakespeare, early modern drama, issues of public memory in Elizabethan England, and the impact of the Reformation. He has published several articles and essays, including “Sacral Objects and the Measure of Kingship in Shakespeare's Henry VI,” in Mardock and McPherson, eds., Stages of Engagement: Drama and Religion in Post-Reformation England. As a dramaturge and assistant director, he regularly collaborates on theater productions at his university.