Carmen Rabell

Carmen Rabell was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, grew up in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and studied at the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras (BS), SUNY-Stony Brook (PhD in Hispanic Literature) and Columbia University (PhD in Comparative Literature). She is currently a Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Puerto Rico where she teaches Renaissance and Baroque Literature and theory. She has published on Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Zayas, Cinthio, Bandello, Boccaccio, the picaresque novel, Borges, Vargas Llosa, and García Márquez.