Department of Spanish and Latin American StudiesDr Hart is due to join us in September 1998when he will teach a general course on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American literature, and more specialised courses on Latin American literature, including 'Magicl Realism'. He has published Religión, política y ciencia en la obra de César Vallejo (1987); R J Sender: Réquiem por un campesino español (1990); The Hispanic Connection: Spanish, Catalan and Spanish-American Poetry from 'modernismo' to the Spanish Civil War (1990); The Other Scene: Psychoanalytic Readings in Modern Spanish and Latin American Literature (1992); White Ink: Essays on Modern Feminine Fiction in Spain and Latin America (1993); Gabriel García Márquez: Crónica de una muerte anunciada (1994), and a series of articles on Spanish and Latin American literature and culture. His research interests include Latin American Cultural Studies, and the theory of the Spanish American literary canon.