Dorothy Sherman Severin AB, AM,

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, FSA, OBE (born 24 March 1942) is

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of Literature at

University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...

and a Hispanist. Her research interests include cancioneros and ''

La Celestina ''The Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea'' ( es, Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea), known in Spain as ''La Celestina'' is a work entirely in dialogue published in 1499. It is attributed to Fernando de Rojas, a descendant of converted Jews, w ...

''. In June 2009, she was elected corresponding Fellow of the

Real Academia Espanola The Royal Spanish Academy ( es, Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language ...

, a distinction granted to very few foreign academics. Originally Dorothy Sherman, she was the first wife of explorer and writer

Tim Severin Timothy Severin (25 September 1940 – 18 December 2020) was a British explorer, historian, and writer. Severin was noted for his work in retracing the legendary journeys of historical figures. Severin was awarded both the Founder's Medal ...

Professional memberships

Arts and Humanities Research Council The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), formerly Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB), is a British research council, established in 1998, supporting research and postgraduate study in the arts and humanities. History The Arts an ...

(Advisor to Research Board) *Asociación Hispánica de Literatura Medieval (Executive Committee Member) *Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas (Board Member) *

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(Member) *Convivio (Cancioneristas) (Board Member) *HEFCE RAE Sub-Panel (Vice Chair) *

Modern Humanities Research Association The Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA) is a United Kingdom–based international organisation that aims to encourage and promote advanced study and research of humanities. It is most notable for producing the ''MHRA Style Guide''. His ...

(Board Member) * Royal Society for the Arts (Member) *

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(Fellow) *Women in Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin-American Studies (WISPS) (Founder Member)

Publications

* "The relationship between the Libro de Buen Amor and Celestina: Does Trotaconventos Perform a Philocaptio Spell on Dona Endrina?" In: Louise M. Haywood and Louise O. Vasvari eds. ''A Companion to the Libro de Buen Amor'' Tamesis pp. 123–27 (2004) * ''Del manuscrito a la imprenta en la epoca de Isabel la Catolica''. Kassel: Reichenberger (2004) * "Politica y poesia en la corte de Isabel la Catolica". In: Pedro Pinero eds. ''Dejar hablar a los textos: homenaje a Francisco Marquez'' University of Seville pp. 239–48 (2005) * "Celestina's Audience, from Manuscript to Print" In: Ottavio Di Camillo and John O'Neill eds. ''Selected Papers from the International Congress in Commemoration of the Quincentennial Anniversary of La Celestina Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies'' pp. 197–205 (2005) * Religious Parody and the Spanish Sentimental Romance. Newark Delaware: Juan de la Cuesta (2005) * "15th Century Spanish Literary Conjurations and their Relationship to Lucan's Pharsalia VI." In: Charles Burnett, Jill Kraye, WF Ryan eds. ''Magic and the Classical Tradition'' Warburg Institute-Nino Aragno Editore pp. 213–22 (2006) * "The sepultura de Macias by San Pedro--but which San Pedro?" In: Dru Doherty eds. ''Medieval and Renaissance Spain and Portugal. Studies in Honor of Arthur L-F Askins'' Tamesis pp. 301–08 (2006)
An electronic corpus of 15th-century Castilian cancionero manuscripts
Liverpool/Birmingham: University of Liverpool; SD-Editions (2007) Dorothy Severin, Fiona Maguire, Manuel Moreno, Barbara Bordalejo

References

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