the keys to understanding the significance of the critical reception of Shakespeare
from the seventeenth to the end of the twentieth century. It aims to show that
the richness of these different modes of reading Shakespeare over time and their
productive interactions have been fundamental in the constant resignification of
Shakespeare as they have gradually conformed and fed our critical perception and
interpretation of his works
Marta Cerezo is Lecturer of English Literature in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department (UNED) where she teaches BA and MA level courses on Medieval and Renaissance Literature. She has also co-authored Ejes de la literatura inglesa medieval y renacentista (UNED, 2011). Her main area of research is the work of William Shakespeare. She has opened up a new line of study focused on analysing Shakespeare’s religious afterlives based on the concept of collective memory applied to the exploration of Catholic and Anglican religious commemorations of Shakespeare’s life and work.