Overview
Background
Dr Victoria Bladen is an Associate Lecturer in literary studies at the University of Queensland. Her publications include The Tree of Life and Arboreal Aesthetics in Early Modern Literature (Routledge, 2022); seven Shakespearean text guides in the Insight Publications (Melbourne) series: The Taming of the Shrew (2021); Much Ado About Nothing (2020); The Merchant of Venice (2020); Measure for Measure (2015), Henry IV Part 1 (2012), Julius Caesar (2011), and Romeo and Juliet (2010); and eight co-edited volumes including Shakespeare on Screen: Romeo and Juliet (Cambridge UP, 2023), Onscreen Allusions to Shakespeare (Palgrave, 2022); Shakespeare and the Supernatural (Manchester UP 2020) and Shakespeare on Screen: King Lear (Cambridge UP 2019).
PhD (UQ), Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (UQ), MPhil (Medieval and Renaissance Studies) (UWA), LLB (Hons) (UWA), BA (UWA).
Availability
- Dr Victoria Bladen is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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early modern literature
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adaptation - Shakespeare on Screen
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ecocriticism; environmental humanities
Works
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2010
Journal Article
Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England: Sixteenth-Century Plants and Print Culture
Bladen, Victoria (2010). Of Books and Botany in Early Modern England: Sixteenth-Century Plants and Print Culture. Parergon, 27 (1), 229-231. doi: 10.1353/pgn.0.0209
2010
Journal Article
Review of: Medievalisms in the postcolonial world: The idea of 'the middle ages' outside Europe (Rethinking theory), Davis, Kathleen and Nadia Altschul, eds
Bladen, Victoria (2010). Review of: Medievalisms in the postcolonial world: The idea of 'the middle ages' outside Europe (Rethinking theory), Davis, Kathleen and Nadia Altschul, eds. Parergon, 27 (2), 214-216.
2009
Journal Article
Medici Gardens: From Making to Design (review)
Bladen, Victoria (2009). Medici Gardens: From Making to Design (review). Parergon, 26 (1), 221-223. doi: 10.1353/pgn.0.0143
2009
Book Chapter
The lopped lavinia-tree: Intersections of fallen terrain between William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (1594) and Julie Taymor's Titus (2000)
Bladen, Victoria (2009). The lopped lavinia-tree: Intersections of fallen terrain between William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (1594) and Julie Taymor's Titus (2000). Shakespeare on screen: The Roman plays. (pp. 67-103) edited by Sarah Hatchuel and Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin. France: Publications des Universities De Rouen Et Du Havre.
2008
Other Outputs
Imagining the Tree of Life : the language of trees in Renaissance literary and visual landscapes
Bladen, Victoria (2008). Imagining the Tree of Life : the language of trees in Renaissance literary and visual landscapes. PhD Thesis, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/177578
2008
Book Chapter
Arboreal language and otherness in Andrew Marvell's "Upon Appleton House" (1651)
Bladen, Victoria (2008). Arboreal language and otherness in Andrew Marvell's "Upon Appleton House" (1651). Langue et altérité dans la culture de la Renaissance. (pp. 101-129) edited by Lecercle, Ann and Brailowsky, Yan. Paris, France: Presses Universitaires de Paris Ouest.
2008
Book Chapter
Andrew Marvell and the tree of life
Bladen, Victoria (2008). Andrew Marvell and the tree of life. Renaissance Poetry and Drama in Context: Essays for Christopher Wortham. (pp. 269-284) edited by Lynch, Andrew and Scott, Anne M.. Newcastle UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2007
Book Chapter
The tree of life motif as renaissance cultural rhizome: An interdisciplinary mapping of arboreal imagery in biblical text, early European visual culture and dramatic text (Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus)
Bladen, V. (2007). The tree of life motif as renaissance cultural rhizome: An interdisciplinary mapping of arboreal imagery in biblical text, early European visual culture and dramatic text (Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus). Rhizomes: Connecting Languages, Cultures and Literatures. (pp. 133-154) edited by N. Ramiere and R. Varshney. UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
2005
Book Chapter
Man Ray: Light, camera and the unbearable lightness of being
Bladen, V. I. (2005). Man Ray: Light, camera and the unbearable lightness of being. Man Ray: Life, work & themes. (pp. 25-29) edited by E Bledsoe et al. St Lucia: Vanguard Press.
2004
Other Outputs
Walking through the university: a translation of place & mind
Bladen, V. I. (2004). Walking through the university: a translation of place & mind. St Lucia: Vanguard Press.
2004
Other Outputs
William and the Winter's Tale
Bladen, V. I. (2004). William and the Winter's Tale. St Lucia, Qld., Australia: Vanguard: Australian Legal Philosophy Students Association..
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Victoria Bladen is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Metamorphosis: change, transformation and shapeshifting
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea
Completed supervision
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2021
Master Philosophy
Eleven Portraits of Drowning: Writing the Ecopoetic Body
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Bronwyn Lea
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