Shipwreck in the Early Modern Hispanic World examines portrayals of nautical disasters in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spanish literature and culture. The

This book engages with new ways of thinking about boundaries of the early modern Hispanic past, looking at current scholarly techniques.

Considering the presence and influence of educated women of letters in Spain and New Spain, this study looks at the life and work of early modern women who advo

In this elegantly written study, Alfante explores the work of select nineteenth-century writers, intellectuals, journalists, politicians, and clergy who respond

Insults, scorn, and verbal abuse—frequently deployed to affirm the social identity of the insulter—are destined to fail when that language is appropriated a