Education:
– Ph.D., Harvard University
      (1976)

18th - 20th century Spanish peninsular literature; Galdós; theory of the novel; Narratology. "'Un millón de ojos': Visión, vigilancia y encierro en Doña Perfecta" (1993); "The Vision of Corporal Fragmentation in Galdós's Tristana" (1993); "Fortunata Under Construction: A study of 'Las Micaelas por fuera' and 'Las Micaelas por dentro'" (1992); "'La conversación de la gente de Orbajosa': Direct Discourse, the Narrator, and Turn Ancillaries in Galdós's Doña Perfecta" (1990); "'La clave del enredo': Self-Creation and the Written Word in Galdós's Tormento" (1989).