Cruz-Ortiz

This edition introduces modern readers to both Jacinto Cordeiro, a bilingual author who successfully competed in a second language with the giants of Spain’s Golden Age, and El juramento ante Dios, a play whose popularity lasted two centuries.

Jaime Cruz-Ortiz received his MA from the University of Iowa and his PhD in Spanish literature with an emphasis on the Golden Age from the University of Oklahoma. His publications include several previous articles on Jacinto Cordeiro, and translation work on Federico García Lorca. He is currently Assistant Professor of Spanish at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.