Garcilaso de la Vega and the Material Culture of Renaissance Europe

Mary E Barnard

Published by University of Toronto Press 2014

Garcilaso de la Vega and the Material Culture of Renaissance Europe

Mary E Barnard

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442668492

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Garcilaso de la Vega and the Material Culture of Renaissance Europe examines the role of cultural objects in the lyric poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega, the premier poet of sixteenth-century Spain.

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Barnard Mary E :

Mary E. Barnard is an associate professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University.

Reviews

Antonio J. Arraiza Rivera:

‘This book is an articulate and well-informed view of the poems that defined Garcilaso… Barnard’s sophisticated interpretations make an important contribution to our understanding of an author not coincidentally dubbed ‘principe de los peotas españoles.’

Felipe Valencia:

‘Barnard’s book will prove to be of great interest and benefit to students of early modern poetry by offering a timely exploration of how objects allow a poetic speaker to constitute himself as a subject.’

Eric Clifford Graf:

‘Barnard’s studies of Garcilaso’s Naples period are excellent approaches to his politics and his representations of emotional states…. Barnard’s book is worthy of careful attention of anyone interested in Renaissance verse.’

Maria Cristina Quintero, Department of Spanish, Bryn Mawr College:

“Mary E. Barnard’s book is a lively and original study of the presence and interplay of artifacts in Garcilaso de la Vega’s poetic texts. It is a welcome and timely contribution to our understanding of material culture in the Renaissance.”

K.M Sibbald:

‘A vibrant, truly scholarly study that deserves pride of place in any collection (library or personal)… Essential.’

Enrique Garcia Santo-Tomas, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan:

“Garcilaso de la Vega was highly attuned to the material presence of things, and in his Neapolitan poems he wrote on a variety of items such as tapestries, paintings, urns, statues, musical instruments, and weapons as powerful carriers of culture. Barnard offers an original and sophisticated view of the nexus between object, text, and memory where even the body becomes a material site of inquiry, as a space for the investigation of melancholia as much as a celebration of earthly pleasures. This is a magisterial take on Garcilaso’s exploration of the psychology of the self, on his engagement with cultural heritage, and on the interplay between orality and writing, and a timely intervention that connects his worldview with some of our most pressing concerns and fascinations with objects.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Note on Editions and Translations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Engaging the Material Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
1. Weaving, Writing, and the Art of Gift-Giving Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	14
2. Empire, Memory, and History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
3. Objects of Dubious Persuasion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4. The Mirror and the Urn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
5. Eros at Material Sites Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
6. Staging Objects in Pastoral Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
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Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 248
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 33
- Other: 33 b&w illustrations

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Published: October 15, 2014
ISBN: 9781442668492