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William Childers

Professor
Modern Languages and Literatures

Location: 4239 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5451
Fax: 718.951.4235
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William Childers was born in 1964 in Bronxville, N.Y. In 1982, he earned a B.A. in English from Reed College, with a thesis on Gertrude Stein. At Reed, he focused on literary theory. After college, he traveled in Spain and became interested in Cervantes. This eventually led to a Ph.D. in Spanish from Columbia University. His dissertation, written under the direction of Félix Martínez Bonati, concerned Cervantes' posthumous romance, Persiles y Sigismunda. His subsequent work moves constantly between the study of the historical context of early modern Spain, including the use of archival documents; and the reception of Cervantes in the United States and the Americas generally.

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