Dr Arantza Mayo
College:
Positions:
Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London from September 2008. Formerly University Lecturer,
University of Cambridge (member of the Department from 2004 until 2008)
Postal address
Hispanic Studies
School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Royal Holloway, University of London
EGHAM
Surrey TW20 0EX
Arantza Mayo specialises in Spanish Golden Age literature and culture, particularly religious
poetry, its devotional background and the relationship between literature and the visual arts. Her work on
La Lírica Sacra de Lope de Vega y José de Valdivielso was awarded the Real Academia Española's
'Premio Conde de Cartagena' and has been published in the Biblioteca Áurea Hispánica series
(Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2007). She also has an interest in Bolivian literature and culture, in particular twentieth-century
poetry and the social contexts of its production. She is currently preparing her book-length project on the works of the Bolivian poet Pedro
Shimose for publication.
