Department of
Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature

Matthew Ancell — Assistant Professor
Comparative Studies, Interdisciplinary Humanities

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Contact Information

Office: 3050 JFSB

Phone: 801-422-1707

Email: ancell@byu.edu

Commonly Taught Courses Hum 201, 202 Western Humanities
Hum/CL 420R/620R Baroque Spain
Hum 420R/620R Milton and Art
Hum 420R/620R "The Theology of Painting": Renaissance and Baroque Perspectives
Hum/CL 420R/620R Montaigne and the Skeptical Crisis in Early Modern Europe
iHum 490R/690R Early Modern Science and Art
iHum 490R The Body in the Renaissance

Semester Schedule: Office Hours TTh 3-4:00

Degrees: MA, Spanish Literature, U. of California, Irvine
PhD, Comparative Literature, U. of Calfornia, Irvine

Interests:


Seventeenth-century literature and art. The Baroque in Spain and Italy. Montaigne and Early Modern Skepticism. Deconstruction.



Selected Publications:



“Este … Cíclope: Góngora’s Polifemo and the Poetics of Disfiguration.” Hispanic Review 79.4 (Autum 2011), 547-72.



“The Theology of Painting: Velázquez and the Picturing of Philosophy.” The Comparatist. 39 (May 2013), forthcoming.



“Painted Twilight: Anamorphic Monstrosity in Calderón’s La vida es sueño.” Renaissance Drama. 42 (2014), forthcoming.