Jason Peters
Assistant Professor
English & Film Studies
Booth University College
Canada
Biography
He joined the faculty at Booth University College in July 2015 as Assistant Professor of English Literature. Before arriving at Booth he studied for a PhD in English and Book History at the University of Toronto, where he was also a graduate fellow at the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies at Victoria College. Before that he lived in Winnipeg where he completed a B.A. at the Canadian Mennonite University and an M.A. at the University of Manitoba.
Research Interest
The Literature of Consensus in Reformation England,†which looks at the figure of the poet-prophet in works by Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton and others, in relation to one of the central problems in early modern religion and politics: sectarianism. Other areas of interest include early modern republicanism, the emergence of capitalism, print and manuscript culture, devotional reading, and the biblical tradition.
