Medieval Spanish and comparative literature, Golden Age literature. Publications include: Desire and Death in the Spanish Sentimental Romance, 1440-1550; "Floire and Blancheflor" and the European Romance; articles in MLN, Hispanic Review, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies and Romance Quarterly. Current projects: Framed: Legal Fictions and Tale Traditions, Blood/Lust: Staging the Early Modern Mediterranean, and Tweaking the Saints' Tales.
