Jonathan W. Thacker

King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies

University of Oxford

 

Education

1986-90           BA Franch and Spanish Philology (First Class), King’s College, London

1991-97          PhD , Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Thesis: ‘Role-play and the World as Stage in the Comedia’ (director: Prof Melveena McKendrick)

 

Previous activities of a professional scientific nature

1994-97          Lecturer in Spanish, Birkbeck College, University of London

1997-2001      Lecturer in Spanish, University College London

2001-14           Faculty Lecturer, University of Oxford, Fellow and Tutor in Spanish, Merton College, Oxford

2014-2017       Professor of Spanish Golden Age Literature, University of Oxford, Fellow and Tutor in Spanish, Merton College, Oxford

Current professional status

2018-              King Alfonso XIII Professor of Spanish Studies, University of Oxford

 

Publications

A Companion to Calderón de la Barca (Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2021), co-edited with Roy Norton

Vélez de Guevara, Luis, La creación del mundo, edición crítica y anotada de William R. Manson y C. George Peale, estudio introductorio de Jonathan Thacker (Newark, Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta, 2018)

Lope de Vega, El castigo sin venganza (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2016), edited with an introduction, critical analysis, notes and vocabulary.

Cervantes, Miguel de, The Complete Exemplary Novels (Oxford: Aris and Phillips, 2013), co-edited with Barry Ife

A Companion to Lope de Vega (Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2008), co-edited with Alexander Samson

A Companion to Golden-Age Theatre (Woodbridge: Tamesis, 2007)

Role-play and the World as Stage in the comedia (Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2002)

 

Main research interests

Spanish Golden-Age drama

Lope de Vega

Calderón de la Barca

Vélez de Guevara (Luis)

Miguel de Cervantes

History of drama

Translation and performance of Golden-Age drama

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