The continuing importance of the Baroque in Spanish and Latin
American culture. The Hispanic Baroque is a Janus-faced phenomenon,
one of its faces peering at the sunset of feudalism, the other at
the dawn of European modernity. This collection of essays seeks to
engage with this paradox and its consequencesfor understanding
Spanish and Latin American literary and cultural history. Conceived
in response to Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria's influential
Celestina's Brood: Continuities of the Baroque in Spain and Latin
America, and spanning many years of Beverley's own intellectual
trajectory, it includes material already in the public domain,
together with much that is new, previously unpublished or long
unavailable. An Introduction outlines the ongoing scholarly
discussion about the nature of the Baroque in both Spain and
Spanish America. The essays deal respectively with Luis de
Gongora's Soledades; the picaresque novel; the Baroque pastoral;
Gracian's theory of "wit" andthe equation of wit and power; and the
relation among Baroque writing, colonial hegemony, and the
formation of a criollo culture in Spanish America. A section on
Baroque historicism suggests some ways of using the Baroqueto
reflect on our contemporary situation, and the volume concludes
with a wide-ranging conversation about the Baroque and Hispanism
between the author and Fernando Gomez Herrero, a young scholar
strongly influenced by postcolonialstudies. JOHN BEVERLEY is
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Literature and Cultural
Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
General
| Imprint: |
Tamesis Books
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Monografias A |
| Release date: |
October 2008 |
| First published: |
2008 |
| Authors: |
John Beverley
(Author)
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
202 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-85566-175-2 |
| Languages: |
English
|
| Subtitles: |
Multiple languages
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: history & criticism >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-85566-175-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781855661752 |
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