Reading María de Zayas: Why and How
December 13, 2022
Why read the stories of María de Zayas y Sotomayor? That’s easy to answer. She wrote page-turning stories of desire, love, and disillusion; and published them in Spain nearly 400… READ MORE
Category: Hispanic Studies
Ecuadorian Literature: Three Crucial Moments to Understand It Today
November 22, 2022
Ecuadorian literature is among the most exciting Latin American writing today. Authors like Mónica Ojeda (Guayaquil, 1988), María Fernanda Ampuero (Guayaquil, 1976) and Gabriela Alemán (1968) are winning and being shortlisted for international prizes, and their… READ MORE
How the Spanish Picaresque Novel Piques Interest “All Over the Map”
November 15, 2022
Let’s approach the picaresque by way of irony. It could be said that all great narratives depend on irony, which might include the unexpected, the paradoxical, and the ambiguous. A… READ MORE
Gender Violence in Twenty-First-Century Latin American Women’s Writing
March 22, 2022
Gender Violence in Twenty-First-Century Latin American Women’s Writing argues for foregrounding the violence and contempt against women in the region, which are routinely addressed as collateral to other problems. This… READ MORE
Federico García Lorca
January 21, 2022
In Federico García Lorca: The Poetry in All Things, I set out to give a sense of what it is that has made Lorca such a household name. To this… READ MORE
Stephanie N. Saunders on her inspiration for Fashion, Body and Gender in Latin American and Spanish Literature
July 30, 2021
During my childhood, if you had told me that I would write a book about fashion, with a focus on sewing, I wouldn’t have believed you. As a young girl,… READ MORE
Call For Manuscripts: Tamesis Books
March 25, 2019
Tamesis provides a forum for the best current work relating to all periods of the literature, cinema, history, art, and music of the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, and the Caribbean…. READ MORE
Doctrina pueril: a window into the 13th century
January 21, 2019
Ramon Llull (ca. 1232-1316) is one of mediaeval Europe’s most unique and complex figures. Linked from an early age to the court of the King of Majorca, when he turned… READ MORE
A Companion to José Enrique Rodó
October 5, 2018
Gustavo San Román is in Montevideo on research leave from the University of St Andrews to work on Uruguayan literature and culture, as he has done throughout his career. Here… READ MORE
Books to Look out for in February 2023