Dr. Jorge Hernandez-Lasa

B.A., Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2013;
M.A., Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 2015;
M.E., University of Burgos, 2016;
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2023.

My research interests examine verse epistles in Spanish early modern literature. This is a poetic genre that involves didactic poetry that conveys readers through a letter frame. This stance guided me to connect the genre to a para-textual didactic corpora that include letter-writing manuals, letter-collections, and other rhetoric. Finally, my observations set poetic letters in a new context that reaches areas of inquiry such as Greco-Roman literature, poetic form, and other material aspects of reading and writing.

Medieval and Early Modern Spanish literature, Poetry, Ephemeral literature, Material Aspects of Reading and Writing

“Los cimientos epistolares de la «Epístola a Boscán». Un espacio comunicativo de la utilidad, familiaridad y presencia hablada.” (“The Epistolary Foundation of «Epístola a Boscán». A Communicative Space of Utility, Familiarity, and the Spoken Presence”). Calíope: journal of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Society, vol. 29, no. 1, 2024, pp. 1-16.