Brian Brewer
Assistant Professor
Department of Hispanic Studies
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
Biography
Brian Brewer received his Ph.D. from Brown University. He taught at Brown and Swarthmore College, in the United States, before coming to Trinity College Dublin. Dr. Brewer holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Hispanic Studies, where he teaches courses in the literature and social history of early modern Spain at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research focuses on the presence of the discourses of early modern economic theory and political economy (arbitrismo) in the literature of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain, with particular application to the prose works of Cervantes and the picaresque novel. He is the author of numerous essays and articles, as well as a frequent presenter at international conferences.
Research Interest
presence of the discourses of early modern economic theory and political economy (arbitrismo) in the literature of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Spain
Publications
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Brian Brewer, Review of Sins of the Fathers: Moral Economies in Early Modern Spain, by Hilaire Kallendorf , Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 2017, p9-10 , Review, PUBLISHED
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Brian Brewer, Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Early Modern Economics, Humor, and Point of View In Lazarillo de Tormes, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, Journal Article, ACCEPTED
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Value, Price, and Money: Early Modern Economic Theory in Three Episodes of Don Quijote in, editor(s)Stephen Boyd , The Art of Cervantes in Don Quixote: Critical Essays., London, Legenda, [Brian Brewer], Book Chapter, ACCEPTED
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Cervantes and Genre in, editor(s)Aaron M. Kahn , Oxford Handbook of Cervantes, Oxford, Oxford University Press, [Brian Brewer], Book Chapter, ACCEPTED
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Brian Brewer, La matemáticas sutiles o los lÃmites del saber en La vida es sueño, Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 88, (4), 2011, p487 - 521, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
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Brian Brewer, Jealousy and Usury in El celoso extremeño, Cervantes, 33, (1), 2013, p11 - 43, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
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Brian Brewer, From Conquest to Contract: Property, Justice and the New Economic Empire in Don Quijote, Part One, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, 48, (1), 2014, p3 - 24, Journal Article, PUBLISHED
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Brian Brewer, BacÃas de barbero, yelmos y baciyelmos: Pespectivismo económico en Don Quijote, Pictavia aurea: Actas del IX Congreso de la Asociación Internacional Siglo de Oro, Tolouse, edited by Emma Herrán AlonsoAlain Bègue , PUM, 2014, pp359 - 366, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED
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The Sins of the Father are Redeemed by the Son (and Daughter): Determinism and Moral Autonomy in Cervantes Novelas ejemplares in, editor(s)Aaron M. Kahn , Connecting Past and Present: Exploring the Influence of the Spanish Golden Age in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries, Newcastle upon Tyne, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014, pp59 - 74, [Brian Brewer ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
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The Sterility of Abundance: Marcela and Grisśtomo in the Golden Age in, editor(s)Terrence O Reilly and Stephen Boyd , Artificio e Invención: Essays on the Prose, Poetry and Drama of the Spanish Golden Age, London, Legenda, 2014, pp32 - 42, [Brian Brewer ], Book Chapter, PUBLISHED
