Anthony J. Cascardi works on literature and philosophy, aesthetic theory, and early modern literature, with an emphasis on Spanish, English, and French. He teaches courses on literature and philosophy, aesthetic theory and the early modern period. Most recently he published Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics and the Cambridge Introduction to Literature and Philosophy.  His new book is Francisco de Goya: Art of Critique (forthcoming from Zone Books).  (Ph.D., Harvard University).

Professor Cascardi served for ten years as the Dean of Arts and Humanities and, before that, as the Director of the Townsend Center for the Humanities. received the Divisional Distinguished Service Award for Senate Faculty Members.  His book Cervantes, Literature, and the Discourse of Politics won the Renaissance Society’s Gordan prize for best book.  

You can find more information at his website.