Professor Davis teaches and writes about the literature and culture of early modern Spain (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries), particularly the novel, poetry, and nonfiction narrative. She is the author of Myth and Identity in the Epic of Imperial Spain (University of Missouri Press, 2000), and the co-editor, with Elizabeth R. Wright, of CalĂope 2014, Vol. 19, No. 1, Special Issue: Mare Nostrum?: Navigating the Mediterranean Crosscurrents in Spanish Poetry. Her publications also include numerous articles and book chapters that focus on the contribution of epic poetry to the project of Spanish empire, on the poetry of Francisco de Quevedo, and on early modern Spanish accounts of the Atlantic crossing. She is currently engaged in a book project titled The Seafarer’s Bond: Risk, Transaction and Textual Circulation in the Spanish Atlantic World (1492-1650).
Research Interests:
Atlantic Studies
Mediterranean Studies
Poetics and political discourses
Areas of Expertise
Spanish Renaissance and Baroque
Poetry and Critical Theory
Infrastructure and Culture of Early Modern Spanish Travel
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