Roy Norton
Stipendiary Lecturer in Spanish
Spanish
Modern Languages
MA, DPhil. Oxf
After studying French and Spanish at Oxford, Roy qualified and practised as a property lawyer, working at a City law firm for a number of years. In 2007 he returned to Oxford to begin research on the theatre of early modern Spain. He has taught Spanish language and literature in Oxford (and for a while in London too) since 2011.
Teaching
Golden-Age literature (FHS papers VII and X), Spanish language, and all papers for the Preliminary Examination in Spanish.
Research Interests
The literature of the Spanish Golden Age (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries) and theatre in particular. Roy has recently completed a critical edition of San Nicol谩s de Tolentino, a saint鈥檚 play by the period鈥檚 most prolific dramatist, Lope de Vega. He is currently working on: seventeenth-century English translations of St Teresa鈥檚 spiritual autobiography, the Libro de la vida; Spanish literature depicting England鈥檚 Tudor monarchs; and innuendo in Lope de Vega鈥檚 religious drama.
Selected Publications
Book
- Lope de Vega, San Nicol谩s de Tolentino, Teatro del Siglo de Oro, Ediciones cr铆ticas, 208 (Kassel: Reichenberger, 2016), 366 pp, comprising a first critical edition and an extensive study of this saint鈥檚 play.
Refereed Articles and Book Chapter
- 鈥樷溌spa帽a viva!鈥: Personifications of Spain in Lope de Vega鈥檚 comedias de santos鈥, in Anuario Lope de Vega, Vol. 23 (2017): 361-81.
- 鈥業ronic Allusion and the Human Mind in Calder贸n鈥檚 La cisma de Inglaterra鈥, in Modern Language Review, Vol. 111 (2016): 1004-28.
- 鈥樷淟a verdad que adoro es la que niego鈥: Symbolism and Sophistry in Calder贸n鈥檚 La cisma de Inglaterra鈥, in Bulletin of the Comediantes, Vol. 68.1 (2016): 159-77.
- 鈥業n Praise of Folly: Re-considering the Functions of Lope de Vega鈥檚 Saint鈥檚 Play graciosos鈥, in Bulletin of the Comediantes, Vol. 64.1 (2012): 19-34.
- 鈥楶erforming Political Theory: Juan de Mariana鈥檚 Ideal Polity and Lope鈥檚 La vida de san Pedro Nolasco鈥, in On Wolves and Sheep, ed. by Aaron Kahn (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011), pp. 93-112.
Reviews
- Carmen Pinillos (ed.), Calder贸n de la Barca: El santo rey don Fernando (segunda parte), Autos sacramentales completos, 93 (Kassel: Reichenberger, 2016), in Bulletin of the Comediantes (forthcoming).
- Mirzam C. P茅rez, 鈥楾he 鈥淐omedia鈥 of Virginity: Mary and the Politics of Seventeenth-Century Spanish Theater鈥 (Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2012), in Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Vol. 91 (2014): 1262-64.
- Susan L. Fischer, 鈥楻eading Performance: Spanish Golden-Age Theatre and Shakespeare on the Modern Stage鈥 (Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2009), in Hispanic Research Journal, Vol. 11 (2010): 378-79.
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