Neostoic Pyrotechnics in Franciso de Aldana and San Juan de la Cruz

Susan Byrne is a Clinical Assistant Professor at Fordham University at Rose Hill, Bronx, New York. She was awarded the doctoral degree by the Graduate Center of the City University of New York on October 1, 2004. Her doctoral dissertation was a study of lexical and semantic connections between the Corpus hermeticum and the works of Francisco de Aldana, fray Luis de León and San Juan de la Cruz. She has published an article on the Spanish epic poem Cantar de mío Cid (La corónica 31.1, Fall 2002), as well as translations of the critical and poetic works of others, and is a yearly contributor to the Boletín of the Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas, Bibliografía and Cronica sections. She is currently preparing her dissertation for publication, and working on articles for presentations at this year's AISO and RSA conventions. suebyrne1@verizon.net