Smith, Paul Julian

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SMITH, Paul Julian

SMITH, Paul Julian. British, b. 1956. Genres: Cultural/Ethnic topics, History, Language/Linguistics, Literary criticism and history. Career: Cambridge University, England, research fellow of Trinity Hall, 1983-84, professor of Spanish and head of Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 1991-; University of London, Queen Mary College, England, lecturer, 1984-88, reader in Spanish, 1988-91. Publications: Quevedo on Parnassus: Allusive Context and Literary Theory in the Love Lyric, 1987; Writing in the Margin: Spanish Literature of the Golden Age, 1988; The Body Hispanic: Gender and Sexuality in Spanish and Spanish American Literature, 1989; A Critical Guide to Quevedo's Buscon, 1991; Representing the Other: "Race," Text, and Gender in Spanish and Spanish American Narrative, 1992; Laws of Desire: Questions of Homosexuality in Contemporary Spanish Writing and Film, 1960-1990, 1992; Desire Unlimited, 1994; The Vision Machines, 1996. Contributor to scholarly journals. Address: Dept of Spanish & Portuguese, Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages, Cambridge University, Sidgwick Ave., Cambridge CB3 9DA, England. Online address: [email protected]