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Janet Adelman (January 28, 1941 – April 6, 2010) was a Shakespearean scholar, a literary critic, and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.〔("Janet Adelman, scholar of Shakespeare, psychoanalytic and feminist critic, dies at 69" ), An obituary for Adelman published online by the UC Berkeley News Center.〕 Adelman’s most prominent works include book-length critiques of William Shakespeare’s plays presenting new psychoanalytic and feminist readings of Antony and Cleopatra and The Merchant of Venice in "The Common Liar: An Essay on 'Antony & Cleopatra'" (1973) and ''Blood Relations: Christian and Jew in 'The Merchant of Venice (2008), respectively. Adelman authored another book, ''Suffocating Mothers: Fantasies of Maternal Origins in Shakespeare’s Plays, Hamlet to the Tempest'', (1992) that discusses maternal characters over many of Shakespeare’s works. == Education and family == Adelman was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, on January 28, 1941. She earned a B.A. degree in English and graduated summa cum laude from Smith College in 1962. She then attended St Hugh's College, Oxford in England the following year supported by a Fulbright Fellowship. She received a master’s degree in English from Yale University in 1966 and a Ph.D. in English from Yale three years later in 1969.〔("In Memoriam: Janet Adelman" ), An obituary for Adelman published online by the UC Senate.〕 "Her husband of 33 years, Robert Osserman, said Adelman loved the theater, nature, bird watching and taking walks in nearby Tilden Regional Park." Her two sons, Brian Osserman and Stephen Osserman live in Woodland, CA and Portland, OR, respectively. Janet's brother Howard Adelman also lives in Bethel, CN.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Janet Adelman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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