Rethinking Spanish studies.

The author reflects on her experience of co-authoring the book "Modern Literatures in Spain" with scholar Luisa Elena Delgado. She discusses the significance of Delgado's participation in the project to the author's efforts in rethinking the discipline of Spanish studies. She explores Delgado's contributions to the book on literature in Castilian that showed the link between the Spanish literary canon and understandings of what the nation was or should be, which influenced gender attitudes.