Melanie Henry
Assistant Professor
School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Durham University
United Kingdom
Biography
Melanie Henry is Member in the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Assistant Professor in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
Research Interest
My research interests particularly lie in the drama of Miguel de Cervantes. My 2013 monograph explores Cervantes's Ocho comedias as a counter-perspective to established dramatic convention and as an antagonistic response to the ideological infrastructure of Counter-Reformation Spain. At the heart of my work is the recuperation of Cervantes's theatre as a significant part of the Cervantine, and Golden Age, canon. I am also interested in the theatrical and performative elements of Cervantine prose; chiefly within Don Quijote and the Novelas ejemplares.
Publications
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Henry, Melanie (2011). Cervantine Theatre as Counter-Perspective Aesthetic: Reconsidering El rufián dichoso. Cervantes: Bulletin of the Cervantes Society of America 31(2): 105-24.
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Henry, Melanie & Thacker, Jonathan (2016). Self-Construction and the Imagination in the Drama of Lope de Vega and Cervantes. Bulletin of Spanish Studies 93(7-8): 1415-1444.
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Henry, Melanie (2013). The Signifying Self: Cervantine Drama as Counter-Perspective Aesthetic. Modern Humanities Research Association.
