Dr Rodrigo Cacho
College:
Clare College
Positions:
University Senior Lecturer in Spanish Golden Age Culture
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Postal Address:
Clare College
Trinity Lane
CAMBRIDGE CB2 1TL
Email:
rgc27@cam.ac.uk
Phone:
(+44) (0)1223 333260
Fax:
(+44) (0)1223 335062
Rodrigo Cacho's main interests are comparative literature, focusing on the cultural and literary
relations between Spain and Italy during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, the works of Francisco
de Quevedo, textual criticism and literary genres such as satire and burlesque. His publications include:
Dante y Quevedo: la 'Divina Commedia' en los 'Sueños' (Manchester Spanish & Portuguese Studies, 2003);
La poesía burlesca de Quevedo y sus modelos italianos (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 2003),
La esfera del ingenio: las silvas de Quevedo y la tradicion europea (Madrid, Biblioteca Nueva, 2012). He is currently working on a monograph on Early Modern European mock epic poetry.
