Wayne Rebhorn's scholarship explores the social and political dimensions of literature and rhetoric in the European Renaissance. Working in three fields—the literatures of the English Renaissance and of the European Renaissance as well as Renaissance rhetoric—he has authored, translated, and edited or co-edited ten books in addition to over twenty-five scholarly articles on authors from Boccaccio through More and Shakespeare down to Milton. He has won numerous awards and prizes and has been invited to lecture at major universities throughout the United States as well as in France, Italy and Germany. While Rebhorn continues to work on Renaissance authors such as Machiavelli and on Renaissance rhetoric, his most recent project is a new translation of Boccaccio's "Decameron," which was published by Norton in 2013.
Ph.D.
in Comparative Literature, Yale University, 1968
B.A.
in English, University of Pennsylvania, 1964
English and continental Renaissance literature; Renaissance rhetoric; Shakespeare; Machiavelli; Boccaccio
Editorial Board,
Renaissance Quarterly (2001 - 2003)
Elected Representative for Rhetoric,
Executive Council, Renaissance Society of America (1999 - 2002)
Member,
Committee on Honors and Awards, Modern Language Association (1994 - 1997)
Chair,
Renaissance and Baroque Division, Modern Language Association (1994 - 1995)
Chairman,
James R. Lowell Prize Committee, Modern Language Association (1993 - 1994)
Member,
James R. Lowell Prize Committee, Modern Language Association (1992 - 1994)
General Editor,
Rhetoric and Society, Cornell University Press (1992 - 1998)
Executive Committee,
Renaissance and Baroque Division, Modern Language Association (1990 - 1995)
Representative for English,
Council of the Renaissance Society of America (1987)
Member,
Modern Language Association
Member,
Renaissance Society of America
Member,
International Society for the History of Rhetoric
Literary Award for Translation
- PEN American Center (2014)
Dean's Research Excellence Award
- College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin (2000)
Outstanding Academic Book
- Choice Magazine (1995)
Fellowship
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (1992 - 1993)
Howard R. Marraro Prize
- Modern Language Association (1988 - 1990)
