David T. Gies

Biography

David T. Gies is Commonwealth Professor of Spanish and former chairman of the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese at the University of Virginia. Professor Gies holds a BA from Penn State University and an MA and PhD from the University of Pittsburgh. He has authored more than eighty articles and one hundred book reviews, and has lectured at universities in the U.S., Canada, England, Italy, Germany, France, Argentina, and Spain.

See Work

Book Review

By David T. Gies
CRITICISM / Winter 2005

The King of All Spaniards

By David T. Gies

At 1:15 a.m. on the morning of February 24, 1981, King Juan Carlos de Borbón y Borbón saved Spain. In an act of surprising courage and unexpected conviction, the king, dressed in full military regalia, addressed the nation concerning the...

Summer 1996

Spain Today: Is the Party Over?

By David T. Gies
Autumn 2000

Sex Sells: The Feminine Mystique in 19th-Century Spain

By David T. Gies
Winter 1987

Velazquez, Or Social Climbing As Art

By David T. Gies
Summer 1990

Juan Goytisolo, Prodigal Son

By David T. Gies
Spring 1993

Spain 1992: Notes From A Survivor

By David T. Gies
Spring 1992

Seeing is Believing

By David T. Gies
Summer 1995

Goya, Light and Dark

By David T. Gies