Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 1978 |
| Founder | Tom Lathrop |
| Headquarters | Newark , United States |
Area served | Spanish and Latin American literary and linguistic scholarship |
| Products | Scholarly books and monographs on Spanish and Latin American literature and linguistics |
| Website | www |
Juan de la Cuesta Hispanic Monographs (commonly known as Cuesta) is a publishing company located in Newark, Delaware, specializing in Spanish and Latin American literary and linguistic scholarship. Established in 1978 by Tom Lathrop, the press has released more than 400 works, with a particular emphasis on literature from the Spanish Golden Age.
History
Cuesta was founded by Thomas Albert Lathrop to provide a specialized outlet for scholarly works in Spanish literary criticism, linguistics, and authoritative editions of classical texts. The name pays tribute to Juan de la Cuesta, the Madrid printer responsible for the original 1605 and 1615 editions of Cervantes's Don Quijote. The publisher’s emblem is inspired by the title page of the 1605 Don Quijote, depicting a hooded falcon alongside a water spaniel, encircled by the Latin phrase "POST TENEBRAS SPERO LUCEM" ("After darkness I hope for light"), which reflects the company’s guiding philosophy and strategic outlook.
The press’s first release, Cervantes and the Renaissance (1978), featured fourteen essays from the Pomona College Symposium on Cervantes, edited by Michael McGaha. This publication established Cuesta’s commitment to rigorous academic scholarship and secured its reputation within the field of academic publishing.
Series
Cuesta publishes several specialized monograph series including:
- Documentacíon cervantina ‹‹Tom Lathrop››: Focused on Cervantes literary criticism.
- Estudios lingüisticos: Dedicated to linguistic research.
- Ediciones críticas: Critical editions of seminal Spanish and Latin American texts.
- Homenajes: Collections honoring distinguished Hispanists.
- Estudios de literatura latinoamericana ‹‹Irving A. Leonard››: Criticism of Latin American literature.
- Estudios de literatura medieval ‹‹John E. Keller››: Studies on medieval Spanish literature.
- Estudios judeoespañoles ‹‹Samuel G. Armistead y Joseph H. Silverman››: Research on Judeo-Spanish literary traditions.
- Estudios de la literatura moderna «Russell P. Sebold»: Analyses of modern Spanish literature.
- Serie de traducciones críticas: Critical translations of classic Hispanic works.
- UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies: The Comedia in Translation and Performance
- UC Santa Barbara: Catalan Studies
Awards
Works published by Cuesta have been recognized with prestigious honors that have elevated the publisher’s standing:
- The volume "Making Sense of the Senses: Current Approaches in Spanish Comedia Criticism," edited by Yolanda Gamboa and Bonnie Gasior, was awarded the Vern Williamsen Comedia Book Prize in 2020, a triennial accolade presented by the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater (AHCT).
- The English translation of Andrés Trapiello’s "Al morir don Quijote", titled "Upon the Death of Don Quijote," translated by Veronica Dean-Thacker and published by Cuesta in 2020, received the Fundación José Manuel Lara Award for Best Book of the Year in 2005.
- Karl C. Gregg’s "The Sanz Sueltas: A Descriptive, Analytical Catalogue," published by Cuesta in 2012, earned the Premio Nacional de Bibliografía from Spain’s Biblioteca Nacional in 2004.
Editorial board
- Vincent Barletta, Stanford University
- Annette Grant Cash, Georgia State University
- Gwen Kirkpatrick, Georgetown University
- Mark P. Del Mastro, College of Charleston
- Juan F. Egea, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Sarah L. Lehman, Fordham University
- Mariselle Meléndez, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Eyda Merediz, University of Maryland
- Dayle Seidenspinner-Núñez, University of Notre Dame
- Elzbieta Sklodowska, Washington University in St. Louis
- Noël Valis, Yale University