Will Stockton

Professor and Chair

Contact
Department of English
Office: 802 Strode
Email: wstockt@clemson.edu

Education
Ph.D. English, Indiana University, Bloomington; M.A. English, Indiana University, Bloomington; B.A. English and Political Theory, University of Virginia

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests
Renaissance Literature, Queer Studies

Will Stockton has published extensively on Renaissance literature and the history of sexuality. His monographs include Playing Dirty: Sexuality and Waste in Early Modern Comedy (University of Minnesota Press, 2011) and Members of His Body: Shakespeare, Paul, and a Theology of Nonmonogamy (Fordham University Press, 2017). Stockton has also co-edited two volumes: Backward Gaze: Queer Renaissance Historiography (Ashgate, 2009) and Sex Before Sex: Figuring the Act in Early Modern England (University of Minnesota Press, 2013). “Queer Milton,” volume 10 of Early Modern Culture, which Stockton edited with David L. Orvis, won the 2014 Irene Samuel Award from the Milton Society of America.

Stockton’s recent work has ventured outside Renaissance studies. He co-authored a book on dc Talk’s 1995 album Jesus Freak for Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series (2018). He also co-edited The 33 1/3 B-Sides: New Essays by 33 1/3 Authors on Beloved and Underrated Albums (2019). He has published several works of translation, including a bilingual edition of Sergio Loo’s Operación al Cuerpo Enfermo (The Operating System, 2019). His translations have appeared in outlets including Asymptote, Denver Quarterly, and Kenyon Review Online.

Stockton’s creative nonfiction has been featured in journals including Bennington Review, Tupelo Quarterly, and Foglifter. His essay “A Week of Recreation,” published in Hotel Amerika, received an honorable mention in The Best American Essays 2020.

Stockton's latest book, An Introduction to Queer Literary Studies: Reading Queerly (Routledge, 2022), serves as a guide to queer theory designed specifically for students of literature. Its readings range from the works of Shakespeare to those of Stephen King.

Selected Professional Works

Books (Published)

Author. An Introduction to Queer Literary Studies: Reading Queerly. Routledge, 2022.

Co-editor. The 33^1/3 B-Sides: New Essays by 33^1/3 Authors on Beloved and Underrated Albums. With D. Gilson. Bloomsbury, 2019.

Translator. Operation on a Malignant Body / Operación al Cuerpo Enfermo, by Sergio Loo. The Operating System, 2019.

Co-author. Jesus Freak (33 1/3). With D. Gilson. Bloomsbury, 2018.

Author. Members of His Body: Shakespeare, Paul, and a Theology of Nonmonogamy. Fordham University Press, 2017.

Co-editor. Sex Before Sex: Figuring the Act in Early Modern England, With James Bromley. University of Minnesota Press, 2013.

Author. Playing Dirty: Sexuality and Waste in Early Modern Comedy. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Co-editor. Queer Renaissance Historiography: Backward Gaze. With Vin Nardizzi and Stephen Guy-Bray. Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2009.

Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Published)

"A Week of Recreation," Hotel Amerika 18 (2020): 73-79.

"Survival and the Nonetheless," Bodies on the Verge: Queering Pauline Epistles. Ed. Joe Marchal. Society for Biblical Literature, 2019. 333-343.

“The Fierce Urgency of Now: Queer Theory, Presentism, and Romeo and Juliet,” A Handbook of Shakespeare and Embodiment: Gender, Sexuality, Race, ed. Valerie Traub. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. 287-301.

“Chasing Chastity: The Case of Desdemona.” Rethinking Feminism: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in the Early Modern World. Eds. Ania Loomba and Melissa E. Sanchez. Farham: Ashgate, 2015. 195-211.