David Goldstein’s teaching and research interests include sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British literature, food studies, poetry writing and translation, contemporary poetry and poetics, literary and cultural theory, and book history. He is the author of a book of literary criticism, Eating and Ethics in Shakespeare's England, which won the 2014 Shakespeare's Globe Book Award; three co-edited collections of criticism relating to Shakespeare, cuisine, and hospitality; and two volumes of poems, Lost Originals and Laws of Rest. He has published articles on the politics of soil in Paradise Lost, the Scottish context of The Merchant of Venice, food in the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Titus Andronicus and American cannibalism, Martha Stewart and domestic labour, and Robert Duncan as a translator of Rilke, among others. His poetry and translations have appeared in journals and anthologies across North America. A former restaurant critic and journalist, his food writing has graced the pages of SAVEUR, The New York Sun, Time Out, and numerous other publications. From 2017-2021 he served as as a co-director of "Before 'Farm to Table': Early Modern Foodways and Cultures," the inaugural project of the Mellon Institute in Collaborative Research at the Folger Shakespeare Library. He is currently Coordinator for the York Creative Writing Program. Before joining the faculty at York, he was an assistant professor of English at the University of Tulsa.

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Approach to Teaching

Methods of learning have changed greatly since the Elizabethan schoolmaster John Ascham wrote that “the scholehouse should be counted a sanctuary against feare,” but the essence of his statement remains fresh. In every class I teach, my goal is to spark the enthusiasm of my students both for the subject at hand and for the learning process. I view my classroom as a space for experimentation without fear of recrimination. I encourage students to explore unfamiliar ideas to the greatest possible extent, while developing a clear understanding of the space’s boundaries. By creating a supportive, exciting environment for the pursuit of knowledge, I hope to imbue in my students a general love of learning and to help instill in them the curiosity and inspiration to continue the journey.

Current Courses

David Goldstein’s teaching and research interests include sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British literature, food studies, poetry writing and translation, contemporary poetry and poetics, literary and cultural theory, and book history. He is the author of a book of literary criticism, Eating and Ethics in Shakespeare's England, which won the 2014 Shakespeare's Globe Book Award; three co-edited collections of criticism relating to Shakespeare, cuisine, and hospitality; and two volumes of poems, Lost Originals and Laws of Rest. He has published articles on the politics of soil in Paradise Lost, the Scottish context of The Merchant of Venice, food in the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, Titus Andronicus and American cannibalism, Martha Stewart and domestic labour, and Robert Duncan as a translator of Rilke, among others. His poetry and translations have appeared in journals and anthologies across North America. A former restaurant critic and journalist, his food writing has graced the pages of SAVEUR, The New York Sun, Time Out, and numerous other publications. From 2017-2021 he served as as a co-director of "Before 'Farm to Table': Early Modern Foodways and Cultures," the inaugural project of the Mellon Institute in Collaborative Research at the Folger Shakespeare Library. He is currently Coordinator for the York Creative Writing Program. Before joining the faculty at York, he was an assistant professor of English at the University of Tulsa.

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Approach to Teaching

Methods of learning have changed greatly since the Elizabethan schoolmaster John Ascham wrote that “the scholehouse should be counted a sanctuary against feare,” but the essence of his statement remains fresh. In every class I teach, my goal is to spark the enthusiasm of my students both for the subject at hand and for the learning process. I view my classroom as a space for experimentation without fear of recrimination. I encourage students to explore unfamiliar ideas to the greatest possible extent, while developing a clear understanding of the space’s boundaries. By creating a supportive, exciting environment for the pursuit of knowledge, I hope to imbue in my students a general love of learning and to help instill in them the curiosity and inspiration to continue the journey.

Current Courses