Picture of Arsenio Rey

Professor Emeritus of Foreign Languages (Romance)

Ph.D., New York University

M.A., Universidad Maria Cristina, Spain

B.A., Escolasticado El Pilar, Spain

areyteje@yahoo.es

Dr. Arsenio Rey has numerous journal articles, books, reviews, and professional presentations to his credit. He also has several works in progress, including a series of articles on the Soledades of Gongora, El Monstruo de los Jardines of Calderon, and a manuscript begun during his sabbatical entitled Journals of Mourelle's 1775 and 1779 Voyages to Alaska.

Alaska - Nutka

Book cover of Alaska - Nutka    

This book explores the discovery of the Pacific Northwest of America by several Spanish navigators mainly from 1774 onward, just after Vitus Bering who barely touched Alaska in 1741 and soon perished on his way back to Russia. The Mexican Viceroy was concerned with the Russian encroachment on what they always considered the backyard of the Spanish Empire and sent eight expeditions to Alaska between that year and the first decade of the 19th century. There are a few illustrations and maps.
This book reveals a forgotten important chapter of history which has been mostly unknown due to the secretiveness of the Spaniards hiding their discoveries. The times have changed and there is no need to keep it as a secret, on the contrary, it has to be publicized as another feat of their exploring zest and enterprising spirit.

Tomas de Suria- In the Expedition of Malaspina to Alaska 1791

Book cover of Tomas de Suria- In the Expedition of Malaspina to Alaska 1791    

Tomas De Suria (1761-1844) was an illustrator in the Alessandro Malaspina's expedition. This scientific expedition explored the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. The book is filled with his detailed and colorful drawings of the facinating people they met. While the body of Tomas de Suria is in Spanish, there is a long introduction in both English and Catalonian.

Women Writers of Spain

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This annotated bio-bibliographical guide provides long-overdue recognition for women writers of Spain, including special entries on those writing in Catalan and Galician. By familiarizing readers with the content and meaning of selected works by three hundred such writers, readers and students of Spanish literature now have access to works which may be judged as excellent examples of the literature of their age, yet have previously received little or no attention. Through the efforts of seventy-nine specialists in Spanish literature (including Dr. Rey), each of these writers is summarized in a brief biographical sketch and overview of her work, followed by an in-depth analysis, including complete biographical data and descriptive annotations for the major works. While some women writers from the fifteenth to the eighteenth centuries are included, this guide concentrates primarily on authors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, providing for the first time an extensive and comprehensive listing for the present century. The abundance of information in this guide is made accessible through four appendixes: a chronological list of authors; a list of Catalan authors; a list of Galician authors; and an index of translated titles in this bio-bibliography.