RESEARCH INTERESTS
Medieval and early modern Anglo-Spanish relations in literature and drama; empire and postcolonialism, Spanish Golden Age and Baroque era; Shakespeare and Quixote studies; transnationalism and translation studies
Image credit: Woodcut map and plan of Tenochtitlán, in Praeclara de Nova maris Oceani Hyspania Narratio (Nuremberg, F. Peypus, 1524). Courtesy of Edward E. Ayer Collection, The Newberry Library
RESEARCH PROFILE
Dr. Muñoz is assistant professor of global early modern studies at Adelphi University. She is an Anglo-Hispanist literary scholar and literary historian whose research explores England’s global imperialism and its relations to the Spanish colonial world. Her PhD is in English with a secondary specialization in Spanish from The Ohio State University (2016). A highlight of her research agenda is her debut book, Spanish Romance in the Battle for Global Supremacy: Tudor and Stuart Black Legends (New York and London: Anthem World Epic and Romance Series, 2021). This is an interdisciplinary study of how the early forging of Britain’s imperialism involved England’s engagement with Spanish romance literature, particularly the chivalric romance, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo’s Amadís of Gaul (1508) and Diego Ortúñez de Calahorra Mirrour of Knighthood (1555). This book unearths the global and imperialist concerns informing English literature and drama’s engagement with the Spanish colonial world. Dr. Muñoz's work has also appeared in edited collections and journals. For more information on her current project, click here.