Katherine L. Brown is Lecturer and Assistant Professor in Spanish Studies at University College Dublin. She holds a PhD in Spanish from Yale University. Her research focuses on early modern Hispanic literatures and cultures, with particular interest in Cervantes and the intersection of early modern literary production with visual and material culture. She has published her research in Bulletin of Spanish Studies, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, MLN Hispanic Issue, and Cervantes, among other venues. This is her first book.