Terence O'Reilly
Terence O'Reilly | |
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| Born | 1947 |
| Died | 2023 (aged 75–76) |
| Occupation | Hispanist |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Nottingham |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Spanish Golden Age |
| Institutions | University College Cork |
Terence O’Reilly AIH MRIA (1947–2023) was Professor of Spanish at University College Cork known for his work on the literature, history, and art of medieval and Golden Age Spain.[1] He was married to the Irish scholar Jennifer O'Reilly.[2]
Career
[edit]Terence O’Reilly received his B.A. Honours degree in Spanish and French in 1969 from the University of Nottingham, followed by a PhD for a thesis on the literature of meditation in early sixteenth century Castile and Aragon in 1972.[3] In 1973 he was granted a Research Fellowship in the University of St Andrews, where he worked in the Spanish department under Professor L.J. Woodward.[4] In 1975 he moved to University College Cork to take up a College Lectureship in Spanish. [1]
His principal field of research was the literature, history and art of Spain during the Golden Age (c. 1470–1700), especially the prose of the period (chivalric, pastoral and picaresque fiction), religious writings (Ignatius Loyola, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross), and the paintings of El Greco and Diego Velázquez.[1]
Honours
[edit]- Lansdowne Lecturer, University of Victoria, British Columbia (2002)[5]
- Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellow (2004–2005)[1]
- Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2007)[6]
- Veale Chair of Spirituality, Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy, Dublin (2009)[1]
Selected publications
[edit]- From Ignatius Loyola to John of the Cross (Routledge: 1995)[7]
- The Bible in the Literary Imagination of the Golden Age (Saint Joseph's University Press: 2010)[8]
- The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Contexts, Sources, Reception (Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2020)[9]
- Saint John of the Cross: Wisdom Sayings (Cambridge: Iona, 2021)[10]
- Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain: John of the Cross, Francisco de Aldana, Luis de León, ed. Stephen Boyd (Routledge: Variorum, 2022)[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "University College Cork". UCC. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "Dr Jennifer O'Reilly memorial page". University College Cork. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ^ Taylor, Barry; Torres, Isabel (2009). "Professor Terence O'Reilly: An Appreciation". The Bulletin of Hispanic Studies. 86 (6): 725–726. ISSN 1478-3398.
- ^ Boyd, Stephen (2 January 2024). "Terence O'Reilly (1947–2023)". Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 101 (1): 123–126. doi:10.1080/14753820.2023.2293606. ISSN 1475-3820.
- ^ "Lansdowne & Visiting speakers". www.uvic.ca. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Terence O'Reilly | Royal Irish Academy". www.ria.ie (in Irish). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ "From Ignatius Loyola to John of the Cross: Spirituality and Literature in Sixteenth-Century Spain". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ www.bibliopolis.com. "Bible in the Literary Imagination of the Spanish Golden Age, The by Terence O'Reilly on SJU Press". SJU Press. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ^ O'Reilly, Terence (22 October 2020), "The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola: Contexts, Sources, Reception", The Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Brill, ISBN 978-90-04-42975-8, retrieved 30 December 2023
- ^ Cross, St John of the (10 November 2021). Saint John of the Cross: Wisdom Sayings. Translated by O'Reilly, Terence. Iona. ISBN 978-1-913825-93-5.
- ^ "Humanism and Religion in Early Modern Spain: John of the Cross, Francisco de Aldana, Luis de León". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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