Jesus G. Maestro is a university professor specialized in Literary Theory and Comparative Literature. He has worked as a literary theorist and critic, as well as an editor and translator. He is the author of the work titled Critique of Literary Reason (2017). As a Professor of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature at a public university in the Spanish state, he directs the Hispanic Chair of Literary Studies and the International Program of Digital University Teaching. He has conducted teaching and research work at various universities in Europe and America, and has served as a translator, author, and editor of numerous books and academic publications on Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish Literature, Literary Theory, Comparative Literature, Theater Theory, Hispanism, and Philosophy of Literature. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Hispanic Philology in 1990, obtained his doctorate in 1993, and began his teaching career as a university professor in 1994. Advocating for a quality, open, and free public education, his academic teachings are available on the internet, with all his classes recorded in over a thousand freely accessible videos.