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Christopher Crosbie

Associate Professor of English · North Carolina State University

https://researchid.co/christopher_crosbie
@ncsu.edu
10Scopus Publications
117Google Scholar Citations
5Google Scholar h-index
4Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, ethics, Aristotle, classical philosophy

Biography

I specialize in English Renaissance drama, ethics, and the reception of classical philosophy in the early modern era. My particular interests are in Aristotelianism (in all its variety) and moral philosophy (across various traditions). I’m especially fascinated by the ways classical philosophy finds unique expression on the popular stage — and by the ethical valences these kinds of appropriations hold. My current project, tentatively titled Shakespeare and the Communal Ethics of Intention, examines the ethical demands the unknowable intentions of others put on moral agents in Shakespearean drama.

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. The Closet Scenes of Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Marston’s Antonio’s Revenge
    Explicator, 2025
  2. Dynamis (Dynamism, Capacity) and Energeia (Actuality)
    Shakespeare and Virtue A Handbook, 2023
  3. Shakespeare, intention, and the ethical force of the involuntary
    Routledge Companion to Shakespeare and Philosophy, 2018
  4. REVENGE TRAGEDY AND CLASSICAL PHILOSOPHY ON THE EARLY MODERN STAGE
    Revenge Tragedy and Classical Philosophy on the Early Modern Stage, 2018
  5. The State of the Art: Current Critical Approaches to The Revenger’s Tragedy
    Revengers Tragedy A Critical Reader, 2016

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