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Room 618, Sproul Hall
UC Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616

(530) 752-0835 Undergrad phone
(530) 752-5799 Grad phone
(530) 752-8630 fax

 
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Adrienne Martín

Professor of Spanish
Ph.D., Harvard University

Email: almartin@ucdavis.edu
Office: 602 Sproul Hall
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Research Areas

Golden Age literature (all genres), Cervantes, women writers, sexuality and erotic literature, theatre and performance.

Current Projects

She is currently writing a book on animals in Golden Age literature and art.

Recent Publications

Professor Martín is the author of:

  • Cervantes and the Burlesque Sonnet (U. California Press, 1991)
  • An Erotic Philology of Golden Age Spain (Vanderbilt U. Press, 2008)
  • Editor of a special issue of Calíope: Journal of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry 12.2 (2006) on Golden Age erotic poetry
Co-editor of:
  • Spain's Multicultural Legacies: Studies in Honor of Samuel G. Armistead (Juan de la Cuesta, 2008)
  • La poesía erótica de Fray Melchor de la Serna (2003)
  • Venus venerada: tradiciones eróticas de la literatura española (Universidad Complutense, 2006)
  • Venus venerada II: literatura erótica y modernidad en España (Universidad Complutense, 2007).

Professor Martín has published numerous articles in Spain, Latin America and the United States on a variety of topics and genres in Golden Age literature, including Cervantes, Góngora, humor, sexuality, eroticism and women's lyric.

Courses Taught

Golden Age Lyric Poetry, Prose and Theater; Cervantes; Women in Golden Age Literature; Erotic Literature; Drama and Performance

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