Dunn, Peter Norman

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DUNN, Peter Norman

DUNN, Peter Norman. American/British, b. 1926. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: University of Aberdeen, Assistant Lecturer, and Lecturer in Spanish, 1949-65; University of Rochester, New York, Professor of Spanish Literature, 1966-77; Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., Professor of Romance Languages, 1977-97. Publications: Castillo Solorzano and the Decline of the Spanish Novel, 1952; (ed.) Calderon, El alcalde de Zalamea, 1966; Fernando de Rojas, and La Celestina, 1975; The Spanish Picaresque Novel, 1979; Spanish Picaresque Fiction: A New Literary History, 1993. Contributor of articles of criticism and literary history. Address: Dept of Romance Languages, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, U.S.A. Online address: pdunn@wesleyan.edu

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