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Special Cluster: Studies in Medieval Iberian Literature and 
Culture in Honor of David J. Viera 
Introduction and Bibliography 
Donna M. Rogers 
 
Catalan Review, Vol. XX, (2006), p. 203-210 
 
 
STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL IBERIAN LITERATURE 
AND CULTURE IN HONOR OF DAVID J. VIERA 
DONNA M. ROGERS 
INTRODUCTION 
T he issue of Catalan Review you hold in your hands is a collection of 
essays in honor of the noted American scholar of medieval Catalonia, 
Dr. David J. Viera. Its genesis was a group of sessions co-sponsored by 
the North American Catalan Society and the Brill Academic Publishers 
series "The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World," at the 41st 
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan Uni-
versity, May 2006. Four sessions were organized by John A. Bollweg, 
Larry J. Simon and me, and took place over the four days of the 
congress, with David in attendance. 
David J. Viera, a native of Providence, Rhode Island, received his 
B.A. from Providence College (1965) in Education and Foreign 
Languages. He continued his studies at the Catholic University of 
America, where he earned an M.A. in Spanish (1969) and a Ph.D. in 
Iberian Studies (1972). During his graduate student years he received 
diplomas from the universities of Barcelona, Lisbon, and Coimbra. A 
true polyglot, David speaks five languages and reads at least nine. 
David is the author of over 90 publications on astonishingly diverse 
topics. The breadth of his research is impressive: while the majority of 
his publications focus on Francesc Eiximenis, he has also published 
essays on other major figures of medieval Catalan literature (Ramon 
Llull, Vicent Ferrer), on medieval Castilian, Portuguese and lta1ian 
literature and culture, as well as on 2dh-century Castilian and Portuguese 
1iterature and Portuguese culture in the U.S. 
During his career at the State University of New York at Geneseo 
and the Tennessee Technological University, David taught Spanish and 
Portuguese language and literature, lta1ian phonetics, English as a 
Second Language, and methods courses for language teachers. David 
took early retirement in 2005 due to ill health, yet he has continued to 
work, as he is able. 
David is widely recognized as an authority on Francesc Eiximenis: 
he is certainly the preeminent North American scholar of Francesc 
Eiximenis-indeed, one of the best anywhere-and those of us who 
work on Eiximenis, on both sides of the Atlantic, owe him a great 
debt. His many studies of specific themes and figures in the works of 
Eiximenis have shed much light on the Franciscan's life and works. 
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His award-winning annotated Eiximenis bibliography has now been 
updated and is expected to corne out thisrear. 
Above all else, David Viera is one o the kindest, gen ties t, most 
modest, most unfailingly helpful scholars in the field of Medieval 
Iberian studies. Many of us have met him on the page, or at confe-
rences, and we were delighted that he could be with us at the 
Congress so that we could thank him properly for his collegiality, 
guidance and friendship over the years. 
I invite the readers of this issue of Catalan Review to join the 
international community of David's friends and admirers. Along with 
many others, I owe a great debt to David, and in particular I wish to 
acknowledge gratefully here his bibliographical, textual and analytical 
work on Eiximenis over the decades of his career, which has provided 
us with tremend ous insight into many of the unedited texts of the 
Eiximenian oeuvre. 
Finally, I wish to thank the evaluators who read these pieces for 
this special issue. As well, I wish to recognize the participation in the 
2006 sessions of four scholars whose excellent papers are not among 
those collected here, for a variety of reasons: John A. Bollweg, Alberto 
Ferreiro, Daniel K. Gullo and Larry J. Simon. Their distinguished work 
contributed greatly to the success of the sessions on Medieval Iberian 
Literature and Culture in Honor of David J. Viera. The bibliography 
that follows is current as of August 2007. Any errors or omissions are 
mine alone. 
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A CHRONOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF DAVID J. VIERA 
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of Francesc Eiximenis. MA Thesis Catholic U of America, 1969. 
The Carro de las donas: Translation and Adaptation of the Llibre 
de les dones of Francesc Eiximenis. Books I-III. Diss. Catholic U 
of America, 1972. 
"Mas sobre Vives y el Carro de las donas." Estudios franciscanos 75 
(1974): 148-61. Repr. Revista valenciana de filología 7.3 (1975): 291-306. 
"Francesc Eiximenis (1340?-1409?) y Alfonso Martínez de Toledo 
(1398-147° ?): Las ideas convergentes en sus obras." Estudios fran-
ciscanos 76 (1975): 5-10. 
'''El hombre cuerdo no debe fiar de la mujer ningún secreto,' como 
tema de la literatura cIasica hispanica." Thesaurus: Boletín del 
Instituta Caro y Cuervo 30 (1975): 1-4. 
"Antero de Quental in the Critical Essays of Juan Valera." Revista 
de estudios hispanicos 9 (1975): 195-200. 
"Elllanto de doña Isabel, primogénita de los Reyes Católicos, por 
STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL IBERIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE... 205 
la muerte de don Alfonso de Portugal en la literatura peninsular de 
su época." Archivo Ibera-Americano 35 (1975): 405-IO. 
8. "La universidad norteamericana actual: estabilidad o apatía." 
Arbor 90 (Abril 1975): 53-57. 
9. "Origin and Evolution of the Anterian Sonnet." [pamphlet] East 
Pravidence, RI: A & H Publishing, 1975. 
IO. "Actitud hacia la educación de la mujer en las letras clasicas hispa-
nicas." Thesaurus: Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo 31 (1976): 
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11. "The Presence of Francesc Eiximenis in Fifteenth and Sixteenth-
Century Castilian Literature." Hispanófila 57 (1976): 1-6. 
12. "La huella de las Coplas a la muerte de su padre de Jorge Manrique 
en un tex to ascétÍco del siglo XVI." Boletín de la Sociedad Caste-
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de les dones." Estudios franciscanos 77 (1976): 153-80. 
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17. "A Partial Bibliography of the Works and Studies on Francesc 
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18. "Mas sobre la influencia del Corbacho en la literatura española." 
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19. "Alejo Venegas y el Carra de las donas." Archivo Ibera-Americano 
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20. " Influyó el Llibre de les dones de Francesc Eiximenis (1340?-1409?) 
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21. "Francesc Eiximenis y el homicidio de la mujer adúltera." Estudios 
franciscanos 79 (1978): 1-20. 
22. "La obra de Francesc Eiximenis, O .F.M. (1340?-1409?) en los siglos 
XV al XVII." Archivo Ibera-Americano 39 (1979): 23-32. 
23 . "The Jew in the Modern Portuguese Theater." Joumal of the 
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and Miguel de Unamuno. " Crítica hispanica 2 (1980): 65-76. 
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26. "O conceito da idade média na prosa de Antero de Quenta!." 
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munes?" Estudiosfranciscanos 81 (1980): 1-31. 
28. "Existential Preoccupations in Post-War Portuguese Theater." 
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29. "Luís de Sttau Monteiro's As maos de Abraao Zacut: An Inter-
pretation of Albert Camus' L'homme révolté." Revista de estudios 
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30. "El cab alio negro en Antera de Quental y en García Lorca y el te-
ma amor-muerte." Thesaurus: Boletín del Instituto Caro y Cuervo 
36 (1981): 1-19· 
31. "Francesc Eiximenis (1340?-1409?) i els estudis de la Universitat de 
Lleida." Ilerda 24 (1981): 273-77-
32. "Las ideas pedagógicas del P. Francesc Eiximenis, O.F.M." 
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33. "Francesc Eiximenis, O.F.M., y la lengua hebrea." Balmesiana 
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34. "L'humor en les obres de Francesc Eiximenis." Boletín de la Real 
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35. "Qui és el frare misteriós de qui parla Eiximenis en el Primer del 
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37. "Wastelands and Backlands: John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer 
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40. "Time in Machado de Assís' Dom Casmurro: The Influence of 
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54. "Los capítulos del Carro de las donas sobre Isabel la Católica." Ar-
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Marian Miracles." Catalan Review +1-2 (1990): 221-31. 
56. "The Modern Portuguese Theater (1946-1985): A Bibliography of 
Plays." Bulletin ol Bibliography 47.1 (1990): 46-52. 
57. "Miracles of Mary in the Catalan Sermons of Vincent Ferrer." 
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77. "Francesc Eiximenis's Concept of the Good King." Medieval 
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(2006): 492-5°0. 
DONNA M. ROGERS 
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