Elizabeth Drayson

Elizabeth Drayson (born 1954)[1] is Lorna Close Fellow in Spanish at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. She is a specialist in medieval and early modern Spanish literature and cultural history. She produced the first translation and edition of Juan Ruiz's Libro de buen amor to appear in England.[2][3][4]

Selected publications

  • The Book of Good Love, Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita, new English translation and critical introduction, notes and bibliography, Everyman Paperbacks, (London: Orion, 1999).
  • The King and the Whore: King Roderick and La Cava, The New Middle Ages series (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2007). Shortlisted for the La Corónica book prize 2008.
  • The Lead Books of Granada, Early Modern History: Society and Culture series (New York and Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013).[5][6]
  • The Moor's Last Stand (London: Profile, 2017).[7]
  • Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada (London: Head of Zeus, 2021; Apollo, 2022).[8]

References

  1. ^ DNB-IDN 1238268781
  2. ^ "Dr Elizabeth Drayson | Murray Edwards College - University of Cambridge". Murray Edwards College - University of Cambridge. Murrayedwards.cam.ac.uk. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Dr Elizabeth Drayson | Peterhouse Cambridge". Pet.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Dr Elizabeth Drayson | Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages". Mml.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. ^ Gilbert, Claire (2016). "The Lead Books of Granada by Elizabeth Drayson (review)". The Catholic Historical Review. 102 (1): 172–173. doi:10.1353/cat.2016.0060. S2CID 163402908. Project MUSE 615386.
  6. ^ The Lead Books of Granada | E. Drayson | Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave.com. Retrieved 9 May 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  7. ^ "The Moor's Last Stand". Profile Books. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Lost Paradise: The Story of Granada". Bloomsbury. Retrieved 3 July 2024.


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