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Position Title
Professor Emerita of Spanish
Position Title
Professor Emerita of Spanish
424 Sproul Hall
Bio
Education and Degree(s):
- PhD Spanish, University of Illinois
- B.A Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
Research Interest(s):
- Literary criticism
- Spanish Modernist writers
- Catalan Literature
- Gender Studies
- Ecocriticism
Selective Publications:
Books on the short-story and journalistic prose of Gabriel Miró, Spanish late 20th-century
Erotic writing, and Max Aub’s Mexican short stories; co-authored compilations of 20th century
Spanish literary biography and Modern Peninsular fiction studies; articles on Galdós, Clarín,
Unamuno, Jiménez, Rusiñol, Rodoreda, Mendoza, Goytisolo and Bustelo, among other.
Current Project
A book on the projections/reflections of nature and rural life in a selection of contemporary
Spanish novels and travel writing.
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