Barbara Simerka

Barbara Simerka, Queens College/CUNY, is the author of Discourses of Empire. She is editor or co-editor of three volumes of critical essays and of a special issue of Cervantes. She has published over twenty essays, with emphasis on interdisciplinary and feminist approaches. With Christopher Weimer, she co-authored several articles on Don Quixote and postmodern film and founded the electronic journal Laberinto. Her most recent works employ cognitive theories to study tragic drama and genre...See more

Barbara Simerka, Queens College/CUNY, is the author of Discourses of Empire. She is editor or co-editor of three volumes of critical essays and of a special issue of Cervantes. She has published over twenty essays, with emphasis on interdisciplinary and feminist approaches. With Christopher Weimer, she co-authored several articles on Don Quixote and postmodern film and founded the electronic journal Laberinto. Her most recent works employ cognitive theories to study tragic drama and genre theory, political drama (privanza), and contemporary feminist science fiction. See less