Marina S. Brownlee (B.A., Smith College, Ph.D., Princeton University), is the Robert Schirmer Professor of Spanish and Professor of Comparative Literature with an emphasis on the Medieval and Early Modern periods. Before joining Princeton’s faculty in 2002, she taught at Dartmouth College (1977-88), and the University of Pennsylvania (1988-2001). She has been awarded fellowships by the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Her books include:
The Poetics of Literary Theory: Lope and Cervantes (1981)
The Status of the Reading Subject in the ´Libro de Buen Amor´ (1985)
The Severed Word: Ovid´s ´Heroides´ and the ´Novela Sentimental´ (1990)
The Cultural Labyrinth of María de Zayas (2000)

She has also co-edited volumes on:
Romance: Generic Transformation from Chrétien de Troyes to Cervantes (1985)
Boundary and Transgression in Medieval Culture (1990)
The New Medievalism (1991)
Cultural Authority in Golden Age Spain (1995)

Her current research explores the nature and impact of 16th-century tabloid literature in Spain, cultural interactions between Spain and the New World, and issues of periodization in Medieval and Early Modern Spain.

Service to Princeton:
Acting Chair, Spanish and Portuguese, 2004
Director of Graduate Studies, Spanish and Portuguese, 2002-2004
Humanities Council, Executive Committee, 2002-
Medieval Studies Committee, 2002-
Renaissance Studies Committee, 2002-
Hellenic Studies Committee, 2003-
Comparative Literature Steering Committee, 2003-
 

Education

• B.A., Smith College
• Ph.D., Princeton University