Professor Pedro Lasarte, a native of Peru, began his studies at the Universidad Nacional de Ingenier鱈a (Lima) before transferring to the University of Texas. He subsequently received his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His teaching and research center on Spanish American literature and culture. He published a critical edition of Mateo Rosas de Oquendos S叩tira a las cosas que pasan en el Pir炭, a単o de 1598 (Madison: HSMS); his most recent publications include Lima satirizada (1598-1698): Mateo Rosas de Oquendo y Juan del Valle y Caviedes (Lima: Pontificia Universidad Cat坦lica del Per炭, 2006) and Mateo Rosas de Oquendo: Obra completa y poemas relacionados. Estudio y edic...