Ph.D. North Carolina (Chapel Hill, 1967). Centennial Professor Emeritus of Spanish (retired June 2000). My research comprises essays and books on Spanish and Spanish American literature (colonial, nineteenth century, and contemporary). I have also written on comparative aesthetics (interrelations of the arts). I held visiting professorships at the Universities of Santander, Valladolid, Indiana University, Oxford, and Antwerp. I have been awarded several national and international research fellowships.