Alan R. Young

Alan Young is Professor Emeritus of Acadia University, Nova Scotia Canada. His books derive from his principal research interests. These are Shakespeare; Renaissance Literature; the Emblem; Atlantic Canadian Fiction; Hypermedia; Teaching & Technology. For further information, see http://alanyoungresearch.com/

His recent books are Hamlet and the Visual Arts, 1709-1900 (2002) and Punch and Shakespeare in the Victorian Era (2007), and a recent project is an online essay and Website on "Ophelia, Popular Culture, and Web 2.0". This was launched on 28 April 2010 (see http://www.opheliapopularculture.com/)

Published in November 2014 is Roads Taken, a memoir of his life in World War 2 and the post war years, including the years he spent in East Africa.