1st Edition
Early Modern Drama in Modern Cultural Politics The Afterlives of Spanish Golden Age Theatre
Maravall, De-actualization and the Abduction of Golden Age Theater Theory; The Ideological Appropriation of the Legacy from Menéndez Pelayo's “Brindis del Retiro” [“Retiro Toast”] (1881) to the creation of the Compañía Nacional de Teatro Clásico (1986); The Siege of Numantia: Collective Characters and Identity; Fuenteovejuna: From Local to Global; Onstage Versions of Don Quixote: Globalization and Postcolonialism; Final Thoughts: Liberating The Golden Age
Biography
Julio Vélez-Sainz is Full Professor of Spanish Literature at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, where he co-directs the Seminar of Theatre Studies. A specialist in Spanish Golden Age theatre, its modern reception, and the cultural politics of the literary canon, he has held visiting appointments at Yale University, Brown University, and the University of Chicago. He is the author of nine monographs, eight critical editions, and more than 140 articles and book chapters. He served as director of the Instituto del Teatro de Madrid (2016–2024) and is President ad honorem of the Asociación Internacional de Teatro Español y Novohispano de los Siglos de Oro (AITENSO).
