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- The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of Texas Press
- Series: Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
summary
The Spectacular City, Mexico, and Colonial Hispanic Literary Culture tracks the three spectacular forces of New World literary culture—cities, festivals, and wonder—from the sixteenth to the seventeenth century, from the Old World to the New, and from Mexico to Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. It treats a multitude of imperialist and anti-imperialist texts in depth, including poetry, drama, protofiction, historiography, and journalism. While several of the landmark authors studied, including Hernán Cortés and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, are familiar, others have received remarkably little critical attention. Similarly, in spotlighting creole writers, Merrim reveals an intertextual tradition in Mexico that spans two centuries. Because the spectacular city reaches its peak in the seventeenth century, Merrim’s book also theorizes and details the spirited work of the New World Baroque. The result is the rich examination of a trajectory that leads from the Renaissance ordered city to the energetic revolts of the spectacular city and the New World Baroque.
Table of Contents
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- INTRODUCTION: Road Map
- pp. 1-12
- 2. ORDER AND CONCERT
- pp. 49-90
- 7. BABEL: Wild Work of the Baroque
- pp. 247-294
- Appendix. CHRONOLOGY OF PRINCIPAL WORKS
- pp. 295-296
- WORKS CITED
- pp. 337-353
Additional Information
ISBN
9780292784727
Related ISBN(s)
9780292723078
MARC Record
OCLC
680039780
Pages
377
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No