Doireann MacDermott

Doireann MacDermott Goodridge ( ; She pioneered the study of the language and literature of the English-speaking countries of the former Commonwealth. and was published in 1966 by Plaza & Janés.

MacDermott won the position of Institute chair and taught English Language at the in Barcelona. In 1967, she was appointed first chair of English Language and Literature of the University of Zaragoza, becoming the first woman to hold such a position there, as well as being one of the first nationally,

In 1978 she published the book Aldous Huxley, anticipation and return (Plaza & Janés, 1978) after a long research on Aldous Huxley and his work and a period at the University of California, San Diego. In 1978 she gave a course at the University of Barcelona on the colonisation of Australia. In 1980, she toured Australia, at the invitation of the Australian government.

Between 1990 and 1996, she chaired the European branch of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (ACLALS), MacDermott was a pioneer in the introduction into Spain postcolonial studies and published numerous articles on this subject. A conference named after her is held annually at the University of Barcelona.

Along with Irish citizenship, MacDermott also had British and Spanish citizenship.

Works Essays and literary studies

Essay on the world of crime according to the testimony of English literature.

– A profile of 24 English writers with a selection of texts. Complete study of the life and work of Aldous Huxley. .

Theatre Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead but they Won't Lie Down. Barcelona: University Barcelona, 1982 No Nunneries for Us, (1982).

As author of the introduction, chronology and bibliography

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